Mother left disabled son behind in fire

[dowie]

Maybe I'm too cynical but... was this perhaps deliberate?

See what you think - but it just seems a bit convoluted - I'd hope that they verify her story, like what witnesses were there and what did she say about her son. It's not exactly unheard of for someone who has cared for a relative for years to put a pillow over their head so to speak etc.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1878256953639436722

 

[dowie]

So he was a grown (albeit disabled) man and you expect his mother, with a broken arm, to summon the strength to carry him through an inferno?

No one said anything about her carrying him.

 

[dowie]

How was she supposed to move him, lift him into a wheelchair with one arm?

Where was her mobile phone? Who did she speak to? What time did she leave to seek help knowing there were fires and that she's got a son who can't move?

There were old folks evacuated in wheelchairs after contacting the fire department, alerts on twitter re: old folks stranded etc.. "land lines" being down doesn't necessarily prevent someone from seeking help.

 

[dowie]

Plenty of advance time to organise help, assuming he didn't have a bed lift or any portable lift to get him up and in to his chair.

But apparently, because she's got a broken arm then she has no agency to do anything else - it's not like it was some unexpected house fire that she couldn't remove him from, it's a big wildfire that they had a load of advanced notice of.