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Southern California Wildfires: Elderly Evacuees Face Challenges at Fire Shelter
By Carrie Kahn,
National Public Radio
October 24, 2007
Marianne Bridenbach, 91, waits in Qualcomm Stadium's private luxury bar room where 90 convalescent patients have taken refuge since evacuating Villa Monte Vista Nursing Home on Monday.
Among the thousands of wildfire evacuees at San Diego's Qualcomm Stadium are about 100 elderly nursing home residents.
Many have spent the past three days in wheelchairs, waiting for a time when it's safe for them to return to the nursing home. Some of them are in fragile health.
About 10,000 people were still taking shelter at the stadium Wednesday.
To hear the stories of the elderly evacuees, click here.
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