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yellow dahlia

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2. It is tragic.

Reply to ificandream (Original post)

Sat Feb 21, 2026, 04:55 PM

20 hrs ago

And emblematic of the topsy turvy economy in this country.

More for the billionaires, while people freeze to death in their cars.

Sad and angry don't begin to cover it.

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

Unbelievably sad... hlthe2b 21 hrs ago #1

It is tragic. yellow dahlia 20 hrs ago #2

A bit more UpInArms 20 hrs ago #3

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

Just tragic UpInArms 18 hrs ago #19

+1 dalton99a 16 hrs ago #22

We would hope that dispatch would have called the caller back. LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #31

unbelievably sad Kali 20 hrs ago #4

Wow SuzyandPuffpuff 20 hrs ago #5

It appears son died first. She was then trapped in the car for quite some time. LisaL 19 hrs ago #11

Horrifying and heartbreaking. pat_k 17 hrs ago #20

tragic Evolve Dammit 20 hrs ago #6

A kind and just society would not tolerate this. Borogove 19 hrs ago #7

So very sad. I suspect that if she was running the car Ilsa 19 hrs ago #8

I don't think they died from carbon monoxide poisoning. LisaL 19 hrs ago #10

A friend once told me Sweet Rosie Red 19 hrs ago #9

always talk to us, Sweet Rosie Red Skittles 19 hrs ago #13

But our billionaires are OK, right? Midnight Writer 19 hrs ago #12

Richest country in the world, my flabby old ass Warpy 18 hrs ago #14

That's exactly it - "the hoarding class," as you put it Alice Kramden 18 hrs ago #16

They had been living in the car for a year. surrealAmerican 18 hrs ago #15

America the Beautiful angrychair 18 hrs ago #17

" Their deaths were ruled weather-related" Javaman 16 hrs ago #21

There are multiple issues here NewEnglandAutumn 10 hrs ago #25

Oh, the call couldn't be traced. However, I wonder if dispatch called the caller back? LeftInTX 2 hrs ago #30

Meanwhile, $45 billion for ICE concentration camps, $10 billion for Trump's Board of Peace, etc. etc. dalton99a 16 hrs ago #23

Sometimes I hate this country. n/t Greybnk48 16 hrs ago #24

A pox on our society for failing those in need once again. RockRaven 10 hrs ago #26

if the cops had found them, what would they have done? rampartd 10 hrs ago #27

K&R jfz9580m 6 hrs ago #28

75 years old and a disabled son? OldBaldy1701E 5 hrs ago #29

Terrible tragedy! electric_blue68 55 min ago #32