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# Letter to the Editor – Immense Suffering
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/letter-to-the-editor-immense-suffering/
- Published: 2020-12-02T13:59:17.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-11T23:48:17.000Z
- Description: I was born in Santa Monica and regularly walk along the beach and the Venice Boardwalk.
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Columns, Featured, Opinion, letters to the editor, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 12:37

*Editor:*

I was born in Santa Monica and regularly walk along the beach and the Venice Boardwalk. I have never seen the immense suffering I saw today. One man was so skinny I didn’t even know there was a human under a pile of rags until I heard the adult male groan. I didn’t help him, despite being someone who helps the homeless almost daily. I told myself he was so close to death, it would be mercy to let him die. I ran into others like him tonight. One man had laid down in the street hoping someone would run him over. It was just too much for me. I ask that anyone with extra blankets in their home, bring them down to Ocean Park/Venice Beach.

*Kira Erikson*

*Editor*