Arizona officer is with sons of the heat death victim

Phoenix (Azfamilie) – A ugly exchange between a chosen state official and the sons of a woman who died on social media last year. The clashes focus on a story about an older woman who died in her house after the electricity had been switched off.

Kate Korman was 82 years old when she died last year after her power was reduced in May for months.

This week someone posted an article about X, which was previously known as Twitter, in which he regulated Nick Myers, the deputy chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission, which marked the day with the day. Then myers commented back with his personal account and things took a heated turn. “He replied to her (the original poster) and then both my brother and me reacted to him. That loosened something into him where he had to deny my mother for her own death to say a number of things that were not true,” said Jonathan Korman, one of Kat's sons. “He was actually cruel and accused me and my brother for her death.”

For the first time, Jonathan's brother Adam Korman replied to the Commissioner, where he published that his mother had not died if power had not been eliminated. Myers replied by partially published: “You didn't protect your own mother.”

This led to a number of heated exchange between the brothers and Myers on the Social Media platform. “It is not only damaged when you see that it comes from him. It is shameful that this entire system contains the person who is responsible for protection,” said Jonathan.

In another post, Jonathan replies to Myers that he should request a supply company that he should do more and refer that his mother's death could have been prevented. Myers replied by posting: “Alcoholism killed her, not the usefulness.”

Maricopa County decided the cause of Kate's death as complications of alcoholism with a contribution to an environmental heat stress. Her death was listed among the more than 100 people who died last year from the consequences of the heat in the interiors.

Myers later apologized in a written statement.

“I am expanding my warm condolence from Ms. Korman's family, friends and relatives in this difficult time. My comments on social media should address my views on the current termination of the service rules. I apologize for harmful that my comments may have caused the family. That was not my intention.

“This is not an excuse at all. A real apology would describe how he plans to prevent people like my mother from dying in the future. He cannot bring my mother back. He cannot undo the terrible things he and my brother said. But he can save people in the future,” said Jonathan when he answered the explanation.

Jonathan wanted to express how he wants the power failure directive to change in Arizona. From June 1 to October 15, electricity companies are currently not excluding the power supply to protect people from extreme heat. He wants politics to depend on the outside temperature when his mother died in May when she meets 100 degrees or more regularly.

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