Woman, 90,
Shoots Self Inside Foreclosed Home
By UPI
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- The plight of an Ohio woman
who shot herself as deputies tried evict her from her
foreclosed home was part of congressional debate on the $700
billion bailout.
Addie Polk, 90, was being
treated at Akron General Medical Center after shooting
herself Wednesday as deputies were at her door with eviction
papers,
U.S. Rep. Dennis Kucinich, D-Ohio, said Friday during
floor debate on the rescue plan for U.S. financial markets.
Fannie Mae (NYSE:FNM)
foreclosed Polk's home after acquiring the mortgage in 2007.
Kucinich used Polk's
circumstances as he spoke against the rescue plan that
eventually passed the U.S. House of Representatives 263-171.
"This bill does nothing for
the Addie Polks of the world," Kucinich said. "This bill
fails to address the fact that millions of homeowners who
are facing foreclosure."
The bill, which passed the
Senate Wednesday, "will take care of Wall Street," Kucinich
said, "but democracy is going down here."
Robert Dillion, a neighbor,
climbed a ladder to enter a second-story window in Polk's
home after he and the deputies heard the noise from inside,
CNN reported.
In 2004, Polk took out a
30-year mortgage for $45,620 with a Countrywide Home Loan
office in Ohio, CNN said. Polk had missed payments on her
home during the next few years. In 2007 the Federal National
Mortgage Association (OTCPK:FDRNP),
or Fannie Mae, assumed the mortgage and later filed for
foreclosure.
Akron woman, 90,
facing eviction, shoots self
By Beacon Journal staff
POSTED: 04:04 p.m. EDT, Oct 02, 2008
A 90-year-old Akron woman,
about to be evicted from her La Croix Avenue home for
failing to pay her mortgage, apparently shot herself
Wednesday while Summit County sheriff's deputies were
knocking on her door.
A neighbor and the deputies
found Addie Polk in an upstairs bedroom suffering from
multiple gunshot wounds to her upper body. A handgun was
found near her.
She was taken to Akron
General Medical Center, police said, and is expected to
recover.
Akron police are
investigating the incident.
A
90-year-old Akron woman, about to be evicted from her La
Croix Avenue home for failing to pay her mortgage,
apparently shot herself Wednesday while Summit County
sheriff's deputies were knocking on her door.
A
neighbor and the deputies found Addie Polk in an
upstairs bedroom suffering from multiple gunshot wounds
to her upper body. A handgun was found near her.
She
was taken to Akron General Medical Center, police said,
and is expected to recover.
Akron
police are investigating the incident.
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