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- I in no way blame the family members of these residents who have perished by drowning. We have no idea what is going on in their lives. I have had residents who are 100 years old and their children are very elderly themselves and have serious health problems themseves.
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- I think it''s really easy for people to judge the Mangano''s because THEY WEREN''T THERE for their own parents when they needed them the most. This couple cared for their patients and were given the awesome responsiblity of having to decide whether to stay or to go. In hindsight, they should have evacuated. Had they evacuated and there was no need, how many of these families would STILL be angry for them "jumping the gun" and risking their parents lives? The Manganos were in a lose-lose situation.
Katrina brought out the worst in so many people and the children of these patients need someone to blame. The Manganos seem to be a nice couple who did not intentionally kill anyone. Why pick on them when there are so many out there that intentionally hurt others?? - Reply to this comment
- To the person who thinks nursing homes should be out lawed, First of all it is a VERY difficult and heart wrenching situation when the decision has to be made to put a loved one in a nursing home. They are put in our care, they trust us to keep their loved ones safe and free from harm. In this case this did not happen and it was the owners CHOICE to make the decision they did. Can you imagine the residents being of sound mind and knowing they will die by drowning? There was and is NO excuse for this.
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- This is a difficult and sad situation all around. I do think that the Mangano''s should be held responsible in some way. They had an obligation to do everything in their power to save the residents and get them to safety, and I don''t think they truly tried to do that. I also had a problem with the "pulling the plug" comment. There are ways to transport patients who need oxygen, medicine, etc and do so safely. Having to transport the patients is not an immediate death sentence- as evidenced by another nursing home that evacuated and only lost one person. ONE. As opposed to 35. So I do think they need to be held responsible in some way. I also have a problem with those that blame the Army Corp for the entire disaster. Nothing irks me more than that. Yes, they could have and should have built the levy better. But this is mother nature here! No matter how good something is built, nothing is foolproof against nature. There are no tornado proof houses either. If it rains hard enough and the winds blow hard enough.... things get destroyed. By all means, get on the Army Corps for some of the blame. But have a little respect for mother nature and what it can do to our country. There is no foolproof way to stave off every natural disaster.
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- Shammy-thank you. Health care for the elderly needs more people like you.
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- OMG what morons, I have worked in a nursing home for 15 years, this would NEVER happen here!!! Those people could not save themselves. I can not believe they LET this happen to elderly defenseless people. I hope they have pain and suffering every night and day of the rest of their lives, to think they CHOSE the fate of these people. To all family members, God Bless You, My prayers are with you.
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- I think I need to say this -most people on this post didn''t know my mother. She was the most loving, unselfish person in the world. She was only 72 years old when she drowned. Her mind worked, but her legs didn''t work too good, she had just been diagnosed with Parkinson''s. She worried about everyone, and trusted everyone. She had no money and always asked me to send her candy and small items that she could share with the residents that she loved. I had a phone in her room and we talked several times a week, I could hear the happiness in her voice when we spoke and she was so proud of me and her only granddaughter, we were her life. She was afraid of water, and the way she died, with the people she trusted, who told me (450 miles away) that they would evacuate, no...I live with that everyday. They lied.
May God bless her soul and her other 34 angels in heaven. If the Manganos can lay their head on a pillow and live with that, then I am not judge their ways. - Reply to this comment
- To CGR260- thank you for your support, I appreciate your common sense and wisdom. I say that on behalf of all of us that lost family members at St. Rita''s, why can''t people see, or want to acknowledge the obvious? 4 weeks in that courtroom, how could anyone see anything else? The comment they made, they will never run another nursing home, duh!
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- To Lindsey-you''ve got it so right, we''ve got to forgive the ignorant people who are so quick to judge and can''t see past...we were lied to! Any of us would have reacted differently had we known our loved ones were in danger. The way our loved ones died..by drowning, is so unbelievable. It should never have happened, and some people want to defend these monsters, we''ve got to pray for them. We are so much stronger, and have faith..
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- Once again idiot "quitnowpiz" - the Manganos lied to all family members by saying they would evacuate and didn''t. Because of that, 35 frail, elderly residents who could not care for themselves drowned. They turned offered help away. You seem to think that the Manganos'' are innocent, how simple are you? Nothing will bring our loved ones back, and we know they are in a better place, but all this episode did was further exploit the obvious, the Manganos put themselves in this spotlight and did nothing but further dig themselves deeper, again I feel sorry for you.
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