What's Wrong with this Story?

A 44-year-old New Zealand woman, who was completely dependent on an electronic oxygen pump, died about two hours after a state-owned power company shut off the electricity to her home. Her failing health had recently forced her to stop working and she had gotten behind on her power bill. Her family now holds the power company directly responsible for her death.

However, even if we completely believe her family's account of the story, common sense demands that they shoulder some of the blame for her death. By their own admission they knew that she absolutely needed that machine to survive, yet there is no evidence that any of them sought an alternate venue for her, once her power was shut off. None of them even offered to let her stay at their home until she could find somewhere else to go and/or until her power could be restored. No, they just let her sit right there in her home with no electricity and no oxygen.

On top of that, no one called the ambulance until she had stopped breathing, and then it was too late. They claim her condition started to deteriorate almost as soon as her electricity was shut off. Why didn't someone do something then? No, they just sat and watched her as her breathing got worse and worse until she finally lost consciousness. Is that any way to treat a loved one?

It seems to me that this family was so focused on pointing the finger of blame at the power company that they didn't consider some easy steps that could have mitigated her circumstances and ultimately saved her life. Someone who is less charitable than I might even conclude that they were hoping the shutoff of her electricity would lead to her death -- and therefore a lucrative lawsuit for them.