Two young siblings, aged nine and two, tragically died after likely freezing to death in a van outside a Detroit hotel. Their family, who had been living in the vehicle for several months, had reached out to authorities for housing assistance in November but no resolution was reached. The family, including three other children and two adults, were found after struggling to breathe this week. Mayor of Detroit, Mike Duggan, revealed the family was not deemed an emergency case and plans to review their interaction with authorities.
Two kids who likely froze to death in a van outside a hotel had been living in the vehicle with their family for a few months, authorities have suggested. The mum of the tragic nine-year-old boy and a two-year-old girl begged authorities for help with housing as early as November 25 but 'no resolution' was reached. It led to the family travelling around in the van as temperatures plunged amid a big freeze across northeastern parts of the US.
'And as far as we’ve been able to tell, our homeless staff never proactively reached out to say, 'What happened with your situation? Was it resolved?'' During the sombre press conference in Detroit, the mayor also said his team will review the family's contact with authorities in the city. He said believes the family had been living in the van for several months.
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