"PT woman leaves behind daughter, young grandson
Lily Haight
Posted 2/13/19
Hypothermia was determined as the leading cause of death for a Port Townsend woman Feb. 4, according to the Jefferson County coroner’s report.
Cassandra Aldrich, 56, was cold to the touch and barely breathing when her significant other, Edwin Delbert, called 911 about 6 p.m. Feb. 4, according to the police report.
Aldrich had been living in a tent encampment behind Les Schwab Tire Center on Sims Way in Port Townsend, said her daughter.
Port Townsend police and East Jefferson Fire Rescue found Aldrich lying in a tent with a faint pulse and moved her to an ambulance for evaluation, according to a news release from the fire department.
“The patient went into cardiac arrest in the ambulance,” the news release stated. “Subsequent CPR efforts were ultimately unsuccessful.”
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https://www.ptleader.com/stories/hypothermia-cause-of-death,59840
Cassandra Aldrich gave her life giving voice to people freezing in tents, brought attention to the Port Townsend Community that PEOPLE are sleeping out in the elements, IT GOT NOTICED, Yay. The WINTER Port Townsend woke up. The community banded together and rented a place for a warming shelter, a daytime hangout to be warm. Lasted a couple months then a distant memory, whew the community forgot the woman who froze to death, and we can go back to pretending “they” don’t exist.
If your dog is out in the COLD running around, hanging out, the County, the City, the Human Society will pick it up, feed it, water it, take it to the vet, house the dog. But the people, they lay in the woods dying of the cold.
Sidenote here, the woman who froze to death, her dog did not. Her little bestie was with her when she died. Dogs can survive, can get under and in things, have a thick coat, and can forage for food. Yes indeed, Dogs have great value, dogs are wonderful, beautiful, amazing, however, humans should at least have equal rights to the dogs of Port Townsend.