Sewer People - Useful Information: Las Vegas is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. The fun, entertainment and nightlife of the city make it unique. However, there is another side to the coin. That of misery and misery.
People in the sewers - Useful information: Paul Bautrinot
As shocking as it may seem, an entire society of people lives under Las Vegas. Literally. Their home is the sewer town. It is estimated that about a thousand people live in the liquid tunnels of the city. These extend to a length of 200 miles. Most got to this point, having lived on the streets for years. They struggled with mental illness, drugs and / or alcohol. Unable to find a lifeline in a country where poverty is rampant. Social inequality is widening. They ended up living where not even the sunlight can see them. They have created their own society. Shocking is the way they have shaped the space they live in, so that it looks like home. Paul Vautrinot was one of those people, but today he works for the community organization Shine a Light, which offers services such as housing and counseling to people living in the city's sewers. As you can see in the video, he regularly visits the tunnels and tries to help their occupants find a way out. As he explains, "living in your sewers creates the illusion that there is nothing else around you, you forget that there is outside people, you forget that you are under the ground; the sewer becomes your world. "" There are bats, rats, there are spiders the size of a baseball; you can hear them moving, "he adds.
People in the sewers - Useful information: Steven and Kathryn
Steven and Kathryn live in the sewers of Las Vegas, furnishing their 35-square-foot home with what others have left in the city's bins as rubbish. They have been living there for five years and have learned well that they must carefully wrap everything in nylon (from their clothes and food to the furniture) if they want to continue to have it, as the humidity and water that ends up in the sewers "We pick things up from the trash at night because we are ashamed to do it in the morning," confesses Steven, who was taken to the sewers when he lost his job and his home due to his heroin addiction. , local agencies, but also journalists who have come down to the sewers and have come in contact with the people who live there, talk about people who are no different from those who live on the surface of the earth.
These are people of all ages who have lost their way. Others got involved with addictions, others suffered a shock that cost them mentally, while others are war veterans living with post-traumatic stress. Particularly worrying is the fact that the signs of small children in the sewers are obvious. No one has seen them, as their parents hide them from the authorities and the players for fear of taking them, but their presence is evidenced by the toys that are scattered in several places.
Sewer People - Useful Information: Here are photos and videos from the Las Vegas Sewer
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