Government Forces 91-Year-Old Woman to Dismantle Home Wheelchair Ramby Brock Simmons
July 30, 2018
Confined to her wheelchair, 91-year-old Evelyn Strahle used to have her 94-year-old husband, David Strahle, help lift her up and down the small staircase on their front porch whenever they wanted to leave the home. As the couple got older, it became increasingly difficult for David to help Evelyn. They turned to their son for a solution.
Bob Strahle works in construction. Rather than watch his parents spend $5000 on a wheelchair ramp through a contractor company, he bought the lumber himself and built it for them. His mother was then free to travel about and leave the home in her wheelchair without fear of her husband getting hurt trying to lift her. ...
Then the government happened.
A building code inspector for Prince George’s County (Maryland) saw the wheelchair ramp and immediately ordered it to be dismantled. The letter he sent to the Strahle’s warned that they would face fines and imprisonment if they did not show up to court to explain they had an unpermitted wheelchair ramp. ...
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