We buried grandma just 3 days ago. Complications from Legionnaires, for certain. I'd give anything to hug her, hold her hand, one last time. I'd pony up the 5 Million the city wouldn't pay, if I could turn back time. But she's gone, and Flint still doesn't have clean water.
Backstory: This was a fictitious account of a person losing their grandma to Legionnaires disease, from consuming water in Flint, Michigan which has ridiculous amounts of lead. About 10% of people who get it, die from Legionnaires disease. The lead based pipes are set to be replaced in 2020. The city could have paid 5 Million to have them replaced prior to using them, but they declined to do so, which led to the 'Flint Water Crisis'.
Written in response to the #fiftywords challenges that @jayna has been posting.
Water was this week’s prompt:
@jayna/fifty-wordshortstorychallenge-storyround-upandnewprompt-prd2sbjrvl
Thanks to @preparedwombat for styling out the last few parts so I could easily copy, edit and paste :)
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