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electric_blue68

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32. Terrible tragedy!

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sun Feb 22, 2026, 12:58 PM

Feb 22

Might have been preventable.

If we had the will basic decent housing could be built, with rental support.
Better mental health, and substance abuse care in areas that need it. And safer shelters!

But I've also seen some a bit of innovative one person night shelters in Google articles, at least keeping unhoused people safe. Again the will to build them.
Sigh.

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Woman, Disabled Son Die in Snow Covered Car After Trying to Reach Police [View all] ificandream Feb 21 OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b Feb 21 #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia Feb 21 #2

A bit more UpInArms Feb 21 #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel Feb 21 #18

Just tragic UpInArms Feb 21 #19

+1 dalton99a Feb 21 #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX Feb 22 #31

unbelievably sad Kali Feb 21 #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff Feb 21 #5

It appears son died first. She was then trapped in the car for quite some time. LisaL Feb 21 #11

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k Feb 21 #20

tragic Evolve Dammit Feb 21 #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove Feb 21 #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa Feb 21 #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL Feb 21 #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red Feb 21 #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles Feb 21 #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer Feb 21 #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy Feb 21 #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden Feb 21 #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican Feb 21 #15

America the Beautiful angrychair Feb 21 #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman Feb 21 #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn Feb 22 #25

Oh, the call couldn't be traced. However, I wonder if dispatch called the caller back? LeftInTX Feb 22 #30

Meanwhile, $45 billion for ICE concentration camps, $10 billion for Trump's Board of Peace, etc. etc. dalton99a Feb 21 #23

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 Feb 21 #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven Feb 22 #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd Feb 22 #27

This message was self-deleted by its author jfz9580m Feb 22 #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E Feb 22 #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 Feb 22 #32