Vancouver's Downtown Eastside Reels after Resident Falls to her Death on Hastings Street
Submitted on September 18, 2011
By Dawn Paley - Vancouver Media Co-op
James Mickleson has lived in a small room on the 4th floor of the Regent Hotel for the past seven years. In that time he says he has seen 17 dead bodies in and around his building, lying in front of his door or in the alley near his house...On Friday, Mickleson witnessed something he won't forget for a long time. He saw Verna Simard fly out of a 6th floor window and hit the sidewalk in front of the Regent, head first.
