By:
Alison Grande
Updated: May 7, 2020 - 5:31 PM
SEATTLE — In March, the Seattle Indian Health Board asked for COVID-19 supplies, PPEs, and test kits. When a box arrived in April, they were hopeful. When they opened it they said it was full of body bags.
“Our facility staff were first to open the box and they were absolutely shocked. They turned completely white,” described Abigail Echo-Hawk, chief researcher at the Seattle Indian Health Board. They expected a box of PPEs or COVID-19 testing supplies.
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So, who sent the body bags, complete with toe tags?
“Originally we thought the box came from King County but now we really have no idea where it came from. We don’t know if it came from the county, if it came from FEMA; we don’t know if it came from the CDC,” said Echo-Hawk.
Public Health Seattle and King County told KIRO-7 they were very concerned by the incident. They investigated the matter and have no record of an order or delivery matching this description...
