By JOSH RESNEK
The City of Everett has reacted to Rosemarie Paley’s pleas for help after her basement filled with raw sewage – toilet paper and excrement – and a smell she describes as “beyond belief” Saturday night when a cap blew off a sewage trap.
Paley, who is disabled, lives in public housing on Duncan Road with her mother, who is also suffering from serious health issues.
For the next twelve hours, they were forced outside their unit, which was made unlivable.
“I went to the city. I was ignored,” said Paley. “The Board of Health did nothing. I called the mayor. He never called me back.”
Monday morning, Duncan Road was covered by used toilet paper and excrement after Paley’s apartment was pumped out by a team from Servicemaster as city crews began to repair the broken sewer line on the street.
The used toilet paper and excrement spread all the way down Duncan Road to Winthrop Street.
Also, a thick nauseating stench permeated the air in that area of the city Monday morning.
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