“Like The Great Depression”: Hundreds Line Up In Freezing Cold For Federal Aid To Pay Heating Bills

Despite the freezing temperatures, hundreds fought for a place in line in Marietta to apply for federal aid to help pay their heat and power bills this winter.

Some needed even more help just to deal with the cold. Ambulances were cold in and took at least two people to the hospital because of the freezing temperatures .

“I never thought I would be in the line,” applicant Deandre Marshall said. “It’s almost like being in a soup line during the great depression.”