[danso]

An amazing story, so rare to see the effort put into finding the human behind what would otherwise be a nameless tragedy. There's a good interview with the Dan Barry, the lead reporter, about why he was interested in investigating this story:

https://www.poynter.org/news/interview-dan-barry-writer-nyts...

> I had finished a long-form piece last November called “The Lost Children of Tuam,” and was looking for the next thing to do. A few days after Thanksgiving, I was reading the New York Daily News, and came across a very short story with the headline: “Prostie Death Jump As She Flees Police.” [0]

> I don’t know how else to put this except to say: This really pissed me off.

> I didn’t like — or even know — the term “prostie,” and I really didn’t like how a woman’s life and death was summarized so crassly. At that point I felt almost obliged to tell the story of this woman, who wasn’t identified in the Daily News piece. I wanted to explain who she was, where she came from, what her massage-parlor world was like, and how, if possible she came to this tragic end.

[0] https://www.pressreader.com/usa/new-york-daily-news/20171127...

[jlongr]

Although her story was an abject tragedy, it's inspiring to hear about this writer's urge to humanize her and tell the story of the downtrodden. We need to see more of this compassionate attitude in all aspects of life.

[gowld]

People are human . Barry undehumanized her.