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Mom struggles to keep son alive during 16-hour power outage as medical equipment fails
An Arizona mother, Karen Glaser, spent 16 hours trying to keep her son David alive during a power outage that caused his medical equipment to fail. David, who is bedbound and relies on electricity-dependent devices, faced a life-threatening situation as backup systems failed and temperatures in their home rose to 100 degrees. Power was restored the next morning, but the outage created a critical medical emergency.
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