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Heather helps Shanna over a fence onto a sidewalk.
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Heather helps Shanna over a fence onto a sidewalk.

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  • Heather Shapulis, 37, has been homeless and living on the streets of Seattle for over 11 years. Originally from Kentucky, Shapulis attributes her homelessness to her continuted drug addiction. Although she has stayed at shelters before, Shapulis prefers to live on the street saying that most shelters are full of "mental people and theives." She is aware of drug rehabilitaion programs but says she isn't ready for that. Shapulis is ashamed of what her mother would think of her life and hasn't spoken to her for over three years.
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  • Shanna Gorr under an I-5 overpass in Capitol Hill.
  • heather Shapulis, 37, and Shanna Gorr, 18, have been haning out together for six months and regularly get high together. In her opinion, Shapulis estimates that 60-70% of homeless people in Seattle are addicted to drugs. To support their drug habits Shapulis and Gorr prostitute themselves and sell random items they are able to get their hands on.
  • heather Shapulis, 37, holds up her personal stash of needles and drugs.
  • Shanna Gorr, 18, under an I-5 overpass in Capitol Hill after "getting a fix."
  • Originally from Tacoma, Eighteen year old Shanna Gorr has been homeless in Seattle since she was eleven due to family problems. Gorr and Shapulis regularly get high together under the I-5 overpass in Capitol Hill near Pine Street. Gorr says that the police occasionally will sweep campsites and "are very rude," often throwing away people's blankets and belongings.
  • Heather helps Shanna over a fence onto a sidewalk.
  • Shanna Gorr uses a car window as a mirror to examine herself.
  • Shanna Gorr washes her face in a fountain in the Convention Center in Seattle. Gorr and Shapulis say there are often harrassed and kicked out of restrooms by the Convention Center security.
  • Gorr and Shapulis share a cigarrette outside of the Convention Center in Seattle.
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