Since a good number of web hits I get is for my page on the Raleigh Municipal Airport, I thought I’d link to this story in Monday’s News and Observer about the woman who ministers to the homeless people living there.
Its strange that the day I went there to take pictures in March 2000, I didn’t see a soul. Then again, I chose not to venture into the deeper woods. I wonder if I happened to visit the old airport right after a police raid. Also interesting is the reason they prefer the woods: the fire hydrants left on the old site provide an easy source for drinking water.
I feel for those people who have to call the woods home. Plenty of them just need some addiction treatment and they could make lives for themselves. Then again, many may not want to give up their freedom, or to have responsibility. It’s sad how people can fall through the cracks, forgotten by society.