Shamoka Furman - Champlain Towers Security Guard

I meant to add that she was physically injured while helping these people, and kept at it anyway.

Bunp

There are millionaires in here let’s make it rain.

I'm surprised this is the first time I've heard her story. She deserves to be helped after she put her life on the line to rescue others.

How can she be denied workman's com? This isn't an act of God?

"Also unfortunate is the fact that Securitas the comapany she worked for, has not offered any help. Including workman's comp, time off or much needed therapy..." Has Governer DeSantis been made aware of this?

Please provide the name and mailing address of the company she worked for as it is suspiciously absent from the article. A campaign of mail should be initiated to flood said company with enough mail that they would noticed their inhumanity at a time like this. I normally don't participate in drives like this to shame a company that does nothing for an employee that risked their lives to save others when in the employee of a private company.

(It reminds me of a press photo of a family of one of the victims of Pan Am 103 waiting at Logan Airport for the arrival of the remains of their loved one. I was at first surprised, than outraged, that the family members were sitting in a public area waiting. I thought Pan Am would have at least provided them with transportation to and from the airport, seated them in the First Class lounge (or at the very least, a private room apart from a public area), and offered them refreshment while they waited for the arrival of the remains, and provided transportation from the aircraft to wherever the remains were to be transported to. Shame and blame me all you want about this, an admittedly off topic story. But not off topic morally, considering it was the direct fault of Pan Am to not undertake extra security measures that might have helped to prevent the destruction of the aircraft, assassination of its crew and passengers, and murder of innocent residents of Lockerbie.)

There's an address for Securitas in nearby Doral & Hollywood, FL. I don't understand why she wouldn't qualify for workman's comp, either? (even if she didn't qualify for their health benefits, an entirely different issue). However, in my experience, there is a bit of a lag with workman's comp, even in very employee-friendly companies that are on the ball.

I was once injured on the job, midway through a pay-period. My next paycheck (at the end of the month) was about half of what it normally would have been. My first workman's comp check for the time missed during said pay-period arrived 10+ days later. If one is living paycheck-to-paycheck that can be a real problem. So, I think they are trying to get her immediate access to cash.

There's also the matter of her car. It had originally belonged to her deceased mother, so likely an older model (and completely paid-off). Whatever kind of insurance she had, and whatever the KBB value was, it's probably not going to be enough to replace it outright. And of course, she can't get to work (once she's well enough to work), unless she has a car. (that's one of the job requirements to apply at Securitas; reliable transportation).

Securitas sucks as an employer everywhere. They treat their staff like shit

What's happening to Shamoka.....that's how people end up homeless! It Just takes one bad "thing" to set them back, financially.....