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A candlelight vigil was held Tuesday at Pioneer Park for the 117 lives lost due to homelessness in Utah. Speakers included Pamela Atkinson, long-time advocate for homeless persons.
A candlelight vigil was held Tuesday at Pioneer Park for the 117 lives lost due to homelessness in Utah. Speakers included Pamela Atkinson, long-time advocate for homeless persons.
Prior to the evening’s memorial service, 116 homeless people were reported to have died in Utah in 2021, but one was reported to have passed away that day, bringing the number to 117. Of those individuals, the average age was 53 years old, the oldest was 80, and the youngest life lost was just 19 years old. Nine of them were veterans.