by Julie Compton
On Tuesday evening, all four of the city’s remaining water distribution centers shuttered — just days after Gov. Rick Snyder announced he would discontinue the state’s water distribution program.
Since
Friday, thousands of families — many with young children who depend on
bottled water to drink, bathe and wash their food — flocked to the
centers to get what remained.
Now, nothing is left.
“There’s
been 40 or 50 cars that have been lined up,” said Rob Butler, a head
pastor for West Court Street Church of God, where one of the
distribution centers had set up in the parking lot on Tuesday. “At least
that many. Who knows how many turned away once they saw that huge
line?”
Pastor Butler told NBC News his church will work with First
Trinity Missionary Baptist Church on the south side of the city to
collect private donations of water for Flint. He said one New York-based
non-profit has already pledged to deliver a generous supply.
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Source: NBC News
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