http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9654004niyad Donating Member (1000+ posts) Journal Click to send private message to this author Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-30-10 12:59 AM
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denver crews save freezing homeless woman
(please note the appalling statistic at the end of this article)
Denver Crews Save Freezing Homeless Woman
DENVER --
Denver firefighters are credited for saving the life of a homeless woman who nearly froze to death early Thanksgiving.
The woman, 57, rang the bell of a Denver Fire Station Number 8 at 1616 Park Avenue, said Lt. Phil Champagne, a spokesman for the Denver Fire Department.
"She was very sad, she was crying," said firefighter Robert Hedrick, who assisted the woman. "She wasn't going to last much longer in the cold."
Hedrick and other firefighters brought the woman inside, checked her vitals and called an ambulance. She was taken to Denver Health Medical Center and treated for hypothermia.
Champagne said hypothermia deaths among homeless people in Denver are common in winter months.
*******Emma Douglas, an advocate for the Delores Project, a shelter for single women, said the problem is especially stark for women who are homeless.
"There are 1,600 homeless women every night on any given night in Denver," said Douglas. "There are less than 150 beds that are reserved for single homeless women.**********
Couldn't Bobo have let the lady tramp sleep in the front seat of her Buick?
Mimosa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-30-10 01:05 AM
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1. This tragedy shows our society doesn't care.
Yet we spend billions a month on wars far away.
What do you do personally to help? Answer is nothing. You want someone else to do it. Liberals don't have a problem spending other peoples money.
Nay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Click to send private message to this author Click to view this author's profile Click to add this author to your buddy list Click to add this author to your Ignore list Tue Nov-30-10 06:59 AM
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5. What I'd like to know is where are all those churches that are supposed
to be helping the poor, the widows, the kids? How come they haven't supported/built enough shelters to house a measly 1600 people on a winter night? We keep hearing how the churches are better at charity, education, etc., but they don't seem to be interested in doing the job.
I read last week that any org. that receives any federal funding to help the downtrodden cannot offer any sermon or religious offerings to those seeking assistance. This was directed at the Salvation Army.
I can see it now, Atheist liberal seeking handouts sue to make churches take down all religious artifacts and icons to avoid offending begging liberals.
