Fox News By David Aaro 2/19/2021
At least three dozen people have died while trying to keep warmA Texas man froze to death in his reclining chair Wednesday, according to a report.
The unidentified man was found dead, with his wife "nearly dead" at his side, after their Abilene home lost power during the winter storm that has battered the state, said Josh Casey, president of Abilene Fresh, a nonprofit food hub.
Casey said the wife was receiving medical care at a local hospital but was "still in peril."
You guys read that? A man FROZE TO DEATH under our collective noses. In Abilene! I don't even know what to do with this information. Except to check on my immediate neighbors," he wrote on Facebook Thursday.
Farmer Josh Casey
on Thursday
Please go check on your neighbors. A man froze to death in his recliner yesterday. His wife was beside him nearly dead. She is in the hospital still in peril. They had no power
You guys read that? A man FROZE TO DEATH under our collective noses. In Abilene! I don't even know what to do with this information. Except to check on my immediate neighbors.
If we all do it maybe we stop this from happening. I don't know any solution for anything really right now. Except people freezing to death near me is not ok. Not ok. Not ok........
"I don't know any solution for anything really right now," Casey wrote. "Except people freezing to death near me is not ok. Not ok. Not ok."
Abilene is about 180 miles southwest of Dallas.
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