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24. Sometimes I hate this country. n/t

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 09:23 PM

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

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b Yesterday #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia Yesterday #2

A bit more UpInArms Yesterday #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel 22 hrs ago #18

Just tragic UpInArms 21 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 20 hrs ago #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX 6 hrs ago #31

unbelievably sad Kali Yesterday #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff Yesterday #5

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 21 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit Yesterday #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove 23 hrs ago #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa 23 hrs ago #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL 23 hrs ago #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red 23 hrs ago #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles 23 hrs ago #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer 23 hrs ago #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 22 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 22 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 22 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 22 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 20 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 14 hrs ago #25

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 20 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 13 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 13 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 10 hrs ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 4 hrs ago #32