ANDREW HENDERSON

ASSIGNMENT

Family members of Esmin Green cry during the funeral at Jesus is Lord Church in Brooklyn, NY on Sunday July 6, 2008. Ms. Green, 49, an immigrant from Jamaica and devout churchgoer, had been admitted to the hospital’s psychiatric ward on June 18. Twenty-four hours later, having yet to be seen by hospital staff, she collapsed onto a waiting room floor, where she lay, ignored, for nearly an hour. She died soon after.
Family members of Esmin Green cry during the funeral at Jesus is Lord Church in Brooklyn, NY on Sunday July 6, 2008. Ms. Green, 49, an immigrant from Jamaica and devout churchgoer, had been admitted to the hospital’s psychiatric ward on June 18. Twenty-four hours later, having yet to be seen by hospital staff, she collapsed onto a waiting room floor, where she lay, ignored, for nearly an hour. She died soon after.