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Life a Daily Struggle for Arizona’s Homeless Seniors Living in ‘The Zone’

Life a Daily Struggle for Arizona’s Homeless Seniors Living in ‘The Zone’
An aerial view of people gathered near a homeless encampment in the afternoon heat in Phoenix, Ariz. on July 21, 2022. Mario Tama/Getty Images
Allan Stein
Allan Stein
9/19/2022|Updated: 9/21/2022
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PHOENIX—Never in all of Pam Bejarano’s 70 years could she imagine herself old and homeless in a place like “The Zone.”

As Bejarano tried to catch her breath in the stifling heat of downtown Phoenix, her fiance, James, 65, sat barefoot and shirtless in long white hair and beard, wearing summer shorts inside the couple’s frayed pup tent on 12th Avenue.

Allan Stein
Allan Stein
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Allan Stein is a national reporter for The Epoch Times based in Arizona.
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