Fatal drug overdose like those this week at 649 Lofts are becoming 'the norm,' according to skid row residents, who are calling on city officials to do more to stop fentanyl overdoses.
Cecilia Montoya saw body bags being pushed out of her skid row apartment building on gurneys after three people were found dead of drug overdoses, possibly related to fentanyl, on Wednesday.On the sixth floor, where the deaths of the woman and two men occurred, she often sees people using drugs, both in hallways and in apartments.
Opened in 2021 on Wall Street, 649 Lofts is one of the trust’s newest buildings, with 54 studio apartments. But it, too, has had serious problems.that she was trapped for several weeks on the fifth floor after the elevator broke down, and that intruders were common. Sometimes, she avoids going to the methadone clinic because she’s afraid she won’t be able to return to her apartment.
Aimee Crouse of Love My Neighbor Foundation said she arrived Thursday morning to help distribute meals to the homeless and noticed that coroner’s officials were investigating a death across the street.Cleveland Anderson, 62, said the man who died was in his 30s and known as “Cartoon.”According to Anderson, the man was in pain and screaming for help the night before.
Carl Zephyr, a longtime skid row resident, said that a month ago, he noticed a friend staggering before collapsing on the sidewalk. Zephyr rushed over and began CPR but couldn’t save his friend.Nearby, Steven Archuleta pushed his friend, Hector Figueroa, 47, in a wheelchair.
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