Hurrah!
Thanks for that update, Nathan. Well done ...
Chris
On 23 Dec 2009, at 16:25, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> You may remember that back in late August I posted these two pictures of a
> man who had been living in a broken down car on the sidewalk by the beach
> since May:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635831932_RD2BE
> http://www.greatpix.eu/Other/Picture-A-Day/4253606_netUM#635832032_ctrwP
>
> I cycle past this spot several times a week, and during the months since I
> took these pictures I have occasionally stopped by to chat with him, give him
> some money, lights for his bicycle etc. Last week we had some bad weather
> with cold nights (not freezing, but cold) and lots of rain, and I had been
> concerned about him. When I cycled by on Monday afternoon, he was not there
> but otherwise the place looked normal. Today I came by and saw that his
> things were gone and some garbage men were loading the remaining junk onto a
> truck to take it away. I stopped to talk to them and they told me that he
> now, finally, had got a place to live. After 6 months! I guess the latest
> round of publicity (national TV came to do a story on him in November, for a
> popular programme called España Directo) helped the local authorities get off
> their collective butt.
>
> I feel very happy with the outcome and about the fact that I was able to
> provide him some small measure of comfort during the ordeal.
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