WTF! ‘NO ONE HELPED:’ Wheelchair-Bound Woman Found Frozen to Death at Dallas Bus Stop One Of TWO Found Dead From The Cold.

Residents are asking questions – and looking in the mirror – after police say an elderly woman in a wheelchair was found dead at a Dallas bus stop early Wednesday morning. The man who found her said she appeared to have frozen to death, as temperatures in the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex went as low as 12 degrees overnight.

Details are still sketchy, but some eyewitnesses report they saw a woman in a wheelchair near the DART (Dallas Area Rapid Transit) bus stop in recent days. It is not clear if the woman was homeless or just frequented the bus stop.

On social media, people are reacting to the tragedy with shock and anger. While some are blaming politics, others wonder how a community could have allowed an elderly woman in a wheelchair to go unhelped over the past few days. Over the past week, a cold front had plunged Dallas-area temperatures below freezing, with a strong wind chill. While some efforts were made to help the area’s homeless and elderly in a city unused to such cold, it appears one was forgotten.

Some witnesses say they tried to help the woman over in recent days, but she refused their offers. No one, it seems, made the extra effort to ensure she was taken care of. Some wonder why authorities didn’t step in over the [link to www.wfaa.com]

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