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AmericaThe boy’s family froze due to a power outage in the cold, sued the service provider and demanded $ 100 million in compensation.
Cristian Pavon Pineda, 11, died in bed on February 16, when the temperature in the house dropped to a few degrees Celsius and his family struggled to stay warm.
The boy’s family filed a lawsuit against power grid operator Ercot and energy provider Entergy for negligence on February 20 for failing to warn customers of potential power outages, as well as for failing to provide proper instructions leading to outages. customers in this historic cold.
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Cristian Pavon Pineda, 11, played in the snow for the first time on February 15. Picture: GoFundMe
María Elisa Pineda, the boy’s mother, said that February 15 was the first day that Pineda ran out of the family’s mobile home and played snow for the first time. His family is a Honduran immigrant who lost power the night before, but unexpectedly lost power the next day and had nothing to warm up.
Investigators are investigating the cause of the boy’s death, and the Pineda family believe he died of hypothermia. The family mobile home is over 40 years old and with very little insulation, and Pineda has always been healthy.
Fundraising site GoFundMe has raised more than $ 60,000 to bring Pineda’s body back to Honduras.
“My dream is to see my grandparents again and this is what the mother of the child wants to achieve,” the ad on the website read.
Unusual cold spells caused by massive snow storms in Texas have reduced temperatures to record lows in decades. The temperature in Dallas on February 16 sometimes dropped to nearly -19 degrees Celsius, the lowest level since 1949 until now. In Austin, the temperature on February 15 was -13 degrees Celsius, a record low since 1909. The cold in Texas and nine other states killed at least 47 people as of 2/19.
The president of the United States, Joe Biden, declared a serious catastrophe in Texas on 2/20. The measure will provide federal funds to Texans, including temporary housing assistance, home repairs and low-interest loans.
Hong Hanh (Follow, continue New York Post)
