Bodies pile up in Detroit morgue; poor can't afford burial - Oct. 1, 2009

Bodies pile up in Detroit morgue; poor can't afford burial - Oct. 1, 2009


       Story I found about bodies piling up in a morgue in Detroit, Michigan as the people whose loved ones they are and the government at this time can't afford to bury or cremate so they don't claim the dead.  It's all amazing that the country in itself has a hard time taking care of ones that are alive, but to not help the ones that are deceased and deserve to rest in peace.  They talk of how hard things are and why people don't claim their dead relatives, but my God someone needs to step up to the plate somewhere and draw the line!


I was uproared in sadness on this story.  Why in anybody's name would anybody not claim a family member when they are dead?  No matter how hard times are they need to be taken care of as well, we all have responsibilities like them or not!  I know it's not the Government's responsibility either but how can they just let them lie around like that?  I think my dad would roll over in his grave if he saw the way those people were being treated with no dignity.  What has this world ccome to?  you would also think that maybe some funeral home would even donate their services to creammate, how expensive could it be?   Im still perplexed by it all. 

I think that I feel this way about this story is because nobody can speak for those dead.  They are lieing in a bag in a refrigerator, unclaimed when they were once someone's mother, father, son, daughter, friend, cousin, neighbor.  Watching someone die is hard enough, but to just let them lay around like that waiting for some peace makes my skin curl and my stomach turn.  You would think people strive everyday to get some closure on their story, what of the ones that die don't they deserve closure as well?  Maybe I'm over opinionated but something has to be done!