Speaking of people dying, I'm heading to a memorial service for a neighbor. She was in her mid 40s and recently had a heart attack while driving with her youngest daughter (~10) on the main road that runs through our town.
A little over a year ago, they disbanded the volunteer EMT department in town. Since then, we rely on a hospital that's about 8 miles away, to respond to our medical emergencies. As had become the norm, it took them 45 minutes to come get her and she was brain dead by then. She was able to pull over and her daughter ran and got a cop but he didn't do CPR, as per their current policy.
Really sad. They are a prominent family in town and everyone knows them.