A local seventy four year old widow had her only means of transporting her adult mentally challenged son stolen. The item was a seven year old van equipped with a motorized lift. The son is also physically handicapped and cannot get in and out of a vehicle by himself. His mother cannot lift him into a vehicle. This act and its aftermath is so disturbing on so many levels, that I hardly know where to start.
Why would anyone steal a seven year old vehicle unless it was just a malicious act? Why is the widow’s insurance company unable to supply a lift along with the replacement vehicle they provided while police search for her van? My guess is, lifts are not covered, we don’t care if you starve to death because you can’t leave your son alone and you can’t take him out. Why does a local van dealer stop by to suggest that entering a contest to win a new van in August is the answer? I live in a large metropolitan area and I would think, if nothing else, perhaps the city could release one of those impounded vans we are always reading about, as in city collects exorbitant fees for operation of abandoned and impounded car storage, fit it with a lift and help the lady out.
I hope that as the days pass, I will read that this womans van has been found or replaced. Right now, I am feeling less than charitable towards whoever disabled this womans life.
