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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 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 Sunday #31

unbelievably sad Kali Feb 21 #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff Feb 21 #5

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 Sunday #25

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

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

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

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

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E Sunday #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 Sunday #32