it's sick and it's sad and it's a statement on who we are
and i want to scream
Verizon to cops we won't help you track down sick, possibly dying man unless you pay his $20 phone bill
A 62-year-old man had a mental breakdown and ran off iafter grabbing several bottles of pills from his house. The cops asked Verizon to help trace the man using his cellphone, but Verizon refused, saying that they couldn't turn on his phone because he had an unpaid $20 bill. After an 11-hour search (during which time the sheriff's department was trying to figure out how to pay the bill), the man was found, unconscious. Two K-9 units, several fire departments and 100 individuals on foot also were involved in the search for the man, who Sheriff Dale Williams said fled his residence on Kensington Rd. after a domestic disturbance call to deputies... Williams said he attempted to use the man's cell phone signal to locate him, but the man was behind on his phone bill and the Verizon operator refused to connect the signal unless the sheriff's department agreed to pay the overdue bill.............
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Yeah, it is a true story, as far as I have been able to research. And yes it is a bit breathtaking in the immorality and stupidity.
Thanks for the account.
there are just way too many things, we as a society should be ashamed of
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