On 7/10/2018 4:12 AM, BurfordTJustice wrote:
Yo trader.....WTF dog? Bet they would not have shut if off if
she was White?

Oxygen-Dependent Grandmother in New Jersey Dies After Power Company
Disconnects Her Service

The family of a New Jersey grandmother who was dependent on an
electric-powered oxygen tank says she died Thursday afternoon after her
electricity was disconnected for nonpayment.

Linda Daniels, 68, was on hospice care and needed the oxygen to survive
because she suffered from congestive heart failure. Her family told NJ.com
that the power in her Newark, N.J., home was turned off by Public Service
Electric & Gas (PSE&G) around 10 a.m. Thursday morning; Daniels died at 4:23
p.m. that day of heart failure.

The temperature in Newark was in the 90s Thursday afternoon, on what her
daughter describes as "the hottest day of the summer." Her family members
said the heat only added to the trauma.
"She was trying to catch her breath-she was gasping for air," Daniels'
28-year-old granddaughter, Mia, told NJ.com. "She suffered and she passed
right in front of us. She was gasping until the time she died."

Daniels' daughter, Desiree Washington, told NJ.com that she spent the
afternoon applying ice packs to her mother's sides and fanning her in an
attempt to keep her cool.

Washington said Daniels had just paid $500 to the company two days before
and provided proof of that payment to NJ Advance Media, the parent company
of NJ.com. Washington said she and other family members called PSE&G
throughout the day, pleading with them to turn the power back on.

"She had just paid $500 two days before," Washington said. "And she's a
senior. We asked them, 'Why are you turning off her electric at the pole?'"

"We made numerous calls. We have a large family and everyone in our family
was calling. They told us they would be rolling a truck. The truck did not
come until the next day."

PSE&G issued a statement on Sunday and said the power to the Daniels home
was disconnected "due to lack of payment over several months."

Jim Namiotka, a company spokesman, said: "As part of our policy, PSE&G had
notified this customer numerous times that their account was in arrears and
that they would be scheduled for a service termination unless the account
was made current."

Namiotka told NJ.com that the family did not notify PSE&G of Daniels'
medical condition until after the power was shut off.

Washington disputes that, saying family members as well as hospice workers
had informed the company in writing about her mother's medical issues.

"We are reviewing our records to determine what transpired. We encourage
customers who have medical issues to contact us so that we can note their
circumstances on their accounts," Namiotka said.

Daniels' family also denies she was behind on her bill.

Washington told ABC7NY that she is considering legal action against PSE&G,
but right now her main focus is her mother's funeral on Wednesday.


It's sad, but why not:
Call 911
Move her to the residence of one of the numerous family members
Run an extension cord next door
Rent a generator
Lots of options to prevent death.
The family had weeks to plan for this.
They dropped the ball.