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.

In Russian, "park" is just "park." (From French.)

Parking lot is most commonly "parkovka".

If the guy was a Russian speaker, he may have gotten it wrong; if an English speaker, may have misunderstood the original. Or maybe the woman didn't utter clearly or the interpreter didn't or the cops just misunderstood and couldn't clarify.

That's one thing. But the parking lot (google maps shows) really is adjacent to the hospital--and might be where you'd go if you needed to go to the hospital during the snowfall or afterwards. Meaning I'd assume they did the Rochester, NY thing and plowed where they could and damn the cars that are there, they get buried and it's hard to tell the car from a snow pile.

Dunno. But, yes, tragic.

So close and no help

but thank goodness the 1% are saving some pennies on their taxes and we are getting a big gold plated room of balls

How utterly utterly sad. I hope they held each other til the end... together. What a sad state of affairs to allow our fellow man to die so tragically and to b homeless. That's bullshit.

From what is being reported, she called a friend for help. Friend contacted the police, but police didn't find the car. Their bodies were found weeks later. I don't think she had access to food and water during that time.
It's a horrific story.

When I read that the son was dead before the call was made, I was horrified.

The heartbreak is living in a country that claims to be civilized, but can't manage to ensure that every person we share this nation with has access to the bare minimum needed for a semblance of human dignity.

Homelessness in America is an immoral and intolerable condition that we have collectively grown far too comfortable with tolerating. Are we a nation devoid of conscience? Because it is something we can't "fix" as individuals, we throw up our hands in helplessness?

How do we build the collective will to make sure those who benefit the most from the interplay of the public and private sectors in this thing we call the "American economy" also make the substantial contributions necessary to provide basic housing to all and establish publicly-funded programs that have the capacity to offer effective treatment and support services to every person struggling with the mental illness or addiction?

to stay warm, the deep snow might have covered her exhaust. They may have died from carbon monoxide poisoning.

Sounds like she was trapped in the car for quite some time before dying. Starvation and dehydration, maybe?

As an aging woman who was completely disabled when young, right to life, liberty, happiness and effective medical care is only guaranteed while Mr Sweet is alive. After that income is gone, my choices will be

A) understaffed nursing home
B) the streets
C) suicide.

I choose C. I’m sure if one of my children still needed me, I would choose to live like that brave lady did. My children are having a hard enough time caring for their families in Trumps economy. I wouldn’t dream of imposing on them.

Thank you party of Family Values!

someone is always here on DU

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They are the ones that really count. The rest of us should be grateful for the opportunity to sacrifice ourselves for their comfort.

I sure hope incidents like this don't cause their taxes to go up.

This is so sad and so unnecessary.

If it weren't for the hoarding class and the assholes who enable them throughout our joke of a government, we might have adequate housing for people living on the margins, especially our disabled and elderly.

The rich imagine they are envied, but they really are reviled and to be pitied for their absence of human compassion

This is a long-term term failure of our country to address the needs of these people.

Where our elders and disabled freeze to death in the streets and billionaires rape and eat our children.

I'm just full of optimism and hope for our country's future.