Letting Americans die in Puerto Rico
BY LINLEY SANDERS ON 10/13/17 AT 2:52 PM
An elderly woman in Puerto Rico is helpless as her husband's body becomes a patchwork of ulcers and sores from Parkinson's disease. Another woman risks respiratory disease from a mold-infested bedroom and destroyed roof.
The snapshots come from American volunteers on the devastated island who are working with the American Federation of Teachers. The union has sent 40 nurses to Puerto Rico, where the natural disaster of Hurricane Maria and neglect from the Trump administration has created a perfect storm of death, disease and decay across an island of 3.4 million American citizens.
"This disaster is caused by neglect by the federal government," union president Randi Weingarten told Newsweek ...
FEMA officials allow Puerto Ricans to apply for financial aid online, but a majority of the island lacks internet and electricity. FEMA visits towns, providing spots for people to sign up for money to offset the damage to their homes, which ranges from ripped-off roofs to fully gutted structures. Waiting for FEMA aid brings lines down the street. The agency takes who it can, and the rest are left waiting for their own internet to return ...
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-letting-americans-die-puerto-rico-684468
