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A Detroit mother whose 2 children froze to death while sleeping in a van received a new home, courtesy of the Detroit Rescue Mission.
Tateona Williams and her five children were living in a van after they were evicted from their apartment. Williams parked the van on the ninth floor of Hollywood Casino’s parking garage on Feb. 9.
The temperature dipped below 12-degrees and the van stopped running when it ran out of gas.
Two adults and five children, ranging in age from 2 to 13, were in the van, Detroit Police Chief Todd Bettison said.
Williams discovered her children, Amillah Currie, 2, and Darnell Currie, 9, had stopped breathing and she called either a friend or a relative for help, police said.
Both children were pronounced dead at a hospital on Feb. 10.
Detroit Rescue Mission Ministries, which helps find housing for homeless residents, gifted the home to Williams.
The organization’s CEO and president, Chad Audi, said the home was freshly painted, and Williams received new furniture and appliances in the home for her and her remaining children.
“We didn’t just offer her a house — we provided her with hope. We took her to her new home, where she and her children could finally breathe, sleep, and heal without fear,” Audi said in a statement.
