Kamd50
04-14-2007, 09:56 PM
One dead, one rescued from house full of garbage
WOODMERE, New York (AP) -- An elderly woman was rescued after being found buried beneath a pile of debris, garbage and animal feces in a home, authorities said. An elderly man was found dead.
Helen Bushwick, 85, was discovered Thursday when volunteer firefighters went to the two-story house on Long Island after relatives said they couldn't reach her. Debris mixed with human and animal waste was piled high in every room, some all the way to the ceiling.
"A six-foot pile of rubbish collapsed on her and trapped her in there," Erik Kinney, a volunteer firefighter, said of Bushwick.........................
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/14/trapped.woman.ap/index.html
It makes me wonder how situations like this get so out of control; especially when there are relatives who certainly had to have known about these living conditions:crap: very sad.
WOODMERE, New York (AP) -- An elderly woman was rescued after being found buried beneath a pile of debris, garbage and animal feces in a home, authorities said. An elderly man was found dead.
Helen Bushwick, 85, was discovered Thursday when volunteer firefighters went to the two-story house on Long Island after relatives said they couldn't reach her. Debris mixed with human and animal waste was piled high in every room, some all the way to the ceiling.
"A six-foot pile of rubbish collapsed on her and trapped her in there," Erik Kinney, a volunteer firefighter, said of Bushwick.........................
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/04/14/trapped.woman.ap/index.html
It makes me wonder how situations like this get so out of control; especially when there are relatives who certainly had to have known about these living conditions:crap: very sad.