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Editor’s note: This article is excerpts reprinted with the permission of the author from a Facebook post.
DETROIT, MI —There is a serious conflict playing in my head on the true magnitude of the Flint water crisis . . . follow me here.
Today I observed a 10-year-old little boy with his mother praying on his knees at the Romney Building for justice in Flint, MI. Has he been lead poisoned or subject to some amount of lead due to the water situation? Likely, yes indeed. Yet, he and his mother were begging for relief and attention. Why is their story not covered?
I heard a conversation between two ladies from Flint. One told the other to stop drinking the water in Flint. Literally, the lady was —despite everything told— still drinking Flint’s Water. Why? Because she has no transportation to get to the “pick-up” centers for water and filters. She has to carry water cases back home when she walks to pick up clean water—in the cold and snow and slush, plus on some days, in below freezing temps. She STILL did not know how to coordinate the supposed “delivery” of clean water to her location.
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A Grandmother told of not being able to have her grandbabies, six and nine years old, stay the night at her home in Flint due to the tainted water—and cried about this as she missed her grandkids coming over to her home. She has lived in Flint for over 60 years and is a retired “Buick City” General Motors employee. Her daughter now lives in Grass Lake where the water is clean and non-toxic. The daughter worries her kids might forget their Grandmothers’ pleas not to drink the water from her tap, so she insists Grandma visit her granddaughter’s at her home only. “Why does my life have to change due to the inactions of others?” the Grandma said rightfully while discussing how hurt she is that the grandkids cannot do simple things like take a bath or enjoy this summer running under the water sprinkler at her home due to what Flint’s tainted water could do to the granddaughter’s skin.
Are we losing sight of the people on the ground in Flint living every-damn-day with this man-made tragedy? Sadly, and unfortunately after listening to Flint Residents’ stories—I truly do believe it has. It being, the real story has been lost.
Monica RW is the owner of Independent Underground News and Talk in Michigan. She is the Executive Producer and host of Independent Underground Radio LIVE, a biweekly podcast. Visit facebook.com/ROJSRadiolive/
