LinkLinks Street Sense: A woman died from exposure near Union Station during the first hypothermia alert of the year By Editor On Dec 1, 2018 61 Share The morning of Sunday, Nov. 11, when the temperature hovered near freezing, Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner Denise Rucker Krepp called 911 to assist a homeless woman she came across near Union Station. Krepp described the woman, Helen Buchanan, as “barely clothed” and “in extremis.” By the time emergency personnel arrived, Buchanan was unconscious and had stopped breathing. She was pronounced dead at 7:07 a.m., according to the police report. HomelessnessHypothermia Season 61 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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