"What we need to realize is some of us are a paycheck away from being in their situation," said Seng

Instead of spending the night at the Hotel du Pont, six homeless people spent the night in their camp underneath the Amtrak bridge shown on the left. (Photo/Matt Senge) One man's attempts to give the homeless a warm bed and a hot shower at the Hotel du Pont on Christmas Day go horribly awry.
Dirty mattresses act as a wall to keep out the whipping wind on a brutal, cold winter night. It smells of urine and feces underneath the Amtrak bridge in Wilmington. This is where a community of homeless people cheap airlineticket live.
"They were blown away; they thought it was a wonderful idea, and we're talking about the reservation clerk," Senge said. "We talked to managers; we got everything worked out...so we made sure that there were no questions, I got a confirmation letter, they secured it. Everything was great, they were given hope that night."
Senge wrapped the confirmation e-mail in a red bow and delivered cheap airlineticket it to the two men, a woman, and her three children underneath the Amtrak bridge to let them know they would have a warm place to sleep on Christmas night.
"We were going to buy hygiene products; we were going to put gift baskets in their room, and we were going to fill it with food, and give them the opportunity to have a nice shower and have a nice safe place to sleep and wake up in the morning, cheap airlineticket maybe, with a different attitude," said Senge.
"We talked, you know, internally with our staff here, and again, I think all of us were purely focused cheap airlineticket on the safety cheap airlineticket of our hotel guests, and that was why the decision was made. Whether or not...we're not going to comment on whether or not that statement was made; the discussion was purely focused on hotel safety."
"After being disappointed and let down again, what if one of these individuals would've stuck a needle in their vein and OD'd because they were sick and tired of being sick and tired? What if one of 'em would've jumped off a bridge?"
"What we need to realize is some of us are a paycheck away from being in their situation," said Senge. "How can we, in this society, live with a conscious that says that's okay? And I'm not gonna let this go."