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Broken escalator leads to disgusting discovery
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Homeless create smelly condition for commuters in San Francisco
- Duration 1:27
- Date Jul 27, 2012
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On any given day that concourse inside this civic center Bart station is dotted with homeless people.
Good night -- -- at the base of the stairwells and apparently relieved themselves.
Just about every day is pretty -- when I write up this escalator on my way to.
-- -- work crews were fixing a broken escalator when they needed disgusting discovery they took the great -- and found.
Quite a bit of human waste in the area.
And it was -- -- Condition working -- effect so much human wasted -- inside a hazardous material team had to come in.
Port officials say they don't know if that's what caused the escalated to break down or just Wear and chaired still.
Five of -- -- escalators out of service today in the -- system are located downtown.
Homeless people we spoke with say they don't condone -- behavior but they understand that this event facilities and almost her Darren and you can't use the restrooms that normal people is because -- -- -- you police say they can't issue citations -- -- they catch someone in the act many passengers are sympathetic.
I haven't after the vote to pick -- all listen to -- -- -- -- -- we have to look at.
The homelessness issue in a holistic way.
It's not a -- only problem but part needs to be at the table to look at solutions.