Forgotten

By barefooted on Sun, 07/03/2022 - 11:40am |

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/07/02/hart-island-new-york-cemetery/

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....Medical examiners noticed a steady rise in the unclaimed beginning in 2009, during the Great Recession, and a surge in 2020, when the coronavirus pandemic hit.

“It’s one of the biggest issues we see — abandoned bodies. It’s almost an epidemic,” said Poul Lemasters, general counsel of the International Cemetery, Cremation and Funeral Association....

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/03/2022 - 7:08pm

It feels weird. Yet, it's a reality that we generally seem to ignore.

by barefooted on Mon, 07/04/2022 - 10:32am