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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

14 hrs ago

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 Saturday OP

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b Saturday #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia Saturday #2

A bit more UpInArms Saturday #3

That's a miscommunication there. Igel Saturday #18

Just tragic UpInArms Saturday #19

+1 dalton99a Saturday #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #31

unbelievably sad Kali Saturday #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff Saturday #5

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

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k Saturday #20

tragic Evolve Dammit Saturday #6

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

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

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

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red Saturday #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles Saturday #13

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

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

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

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

America the Beautiful angrychair Saturday #17

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

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn Yesterday #25

Oh, the call couldn't be traced. However, I wonder if dispatch called the caller back? LeftInTX 16 hrs ago #30

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

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

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 23 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 23 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 19 hrs ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 14 hrs ago #32