I finished up the write up on Elton Washington around 11PM and went to bed. I awoke around five the next morning. I grab my phone to check the morning death count and there's another name--Scott Ryan. Two names in one week. What is going on? There are around 180 dead people under them and their names haven't been released. Why suddenly do we have two names released? Are we dumping the family privacy excuse now? Will they suddenly start releasing names? The answer to that is no. Then why these two names--Elton Washington and Scott Ryan?
Scott Ryan is a bus driver for Community Transit located in the same city as the Boeing company--Everett Washington. Scott had been a bus driver for five years. Prior to that he was an armored car driver. On March 26th, local 1576 CT union Facebook posted this.
The union posted this on March 26, at 10:15PM so we can assume Scott died on that day although I can't find any write up stating how long he was in the hospital or on what day he died. It's vague. No mention of when he contracted the virus, went to the hospital, and the progression the virus took. No doctor names mention, nor any hospital. Funeral arrangements are just like all the rest--none.
I'm assuming the drivers at CT were informed sometime on March 26th because they posted it on their FB prior to the union posting it. Surprisingly, on the union website, there is no mention of Scott Ryan's death. Why?
Six days after his death there is no
obituary for Scott Ryan on any obituary search sites. The only obituary listed is
this. It was published two days after his death--vague.
Two days later, March 30th it is changed with a little more detail added to it. The cause of death is listed as unknown.
Is the cause of death for all coronavirus victims, "UNKNOWN?" I searched the only other name mentioned--Elton Washington and there is no obituary for Elton. A little strange. A small detail overlooked perhaps, not that an obituary is actual proof of a death. Today just about anything can be faked for the right amount of money. So do we stamp Scott's death an unknown?
A newscast radio personality
Dori Monson said on his show that Scott had been spit on a few weeks prior to getting sick.
A lone message on the union FB site asks the most pertinent question.
She gets no replies to her question. I sent her a message and asked her where she heard Scott was spit on. She pointed to an article of which I already read. We entered an exchange of private messages where both of us were unsure where Dori Monson got his information from. She sent me a link to Dori's FB where she posted a question on his timeline asking where he got the information from since it isn't posted anywhere. It's been two days now and no reply from Dori. I too inquired. I sent the union a message on their FB.
No reply back from the union? If he was spit on there would be video proof to indicate this. I've been to both the local union's site and the Facebook site and there is no mention of Scott being spit on, nor is it reported this way on any other news site. Any act of violence against a transit operator is considered a felony and spitting is considered an act of violence. Scott would have contacted transit control who would have had to send out police and supervision and a paper trail would have been created for the news media to easily follow and report so where did Dori Monson get the information? For now they remain silent.
Putting together a time line for Scott's death isn't easy because there are just too many missing details. It goes from contracting the virus two weeks prior to hospitalization to death. Even the actual day he died is an assumption, but the earliest publication on his death is on March 26th. The union posted it at 10:15PM but there are FB posts from others who work at CT who posted just before 10:15PM March 26th.
At 6am on March 27th the
Seattle Times published an article. It appears in the article that Scott's wife was interviewed--Heather Ryan along with a co-worker Kyle Gillette. Heather says Scott went to the doctor and was tested, so what was the results of the test? Was he tested for CV? Scott goes from contraction to death in two weeks. Rather fast for a healthy 41-year-old. Heather reminisces about her and Scott's relationship and how they met. As I read the article I had to wonder how does a grieving widow grant an interview to the media less than 24 hours after her husbands death? Why would the media even bother a grieving widow immediately after the loss? How is the media able to locate Kyle Gillette less than 24 hours after his death? It all seems to fast even in the information age.
Continuing on with speed. On the day that Scott died Amy Boe creates a
Gofundme account and six days later it's at $54,000 dollars. Did she get permission from Scott's wife? On Elton's death his brother created a fundraiser days before his death and another was created after. As a transit operator I assume Scott had life insurance through his employer as did Elton.
On February 28th, 2020 one day before the first announced US death Scott Ryan posted this comment on a secret transit Facebook site.
The coronavirus synchronization is god-like. Where is this mystery transit site that some how the media finds, but won't provide a link? The media along with union members pounce on CT for their lack of protection. Some members urging CT to shut down. CT scrambled to find sanitizer and union members offer to make their own concoction, three parts gasoline, two parts bleach and one part water.
The only two names mentioned in Washington State who seemingly died of CV both worked, and lived in Snohomish County. They both worked for unions. They both were shop stewards and they both died within a few weeks after contracting the virus. Neither union website mentions their names only Facebook site mentions their names. No real obituary for either person. No funeral. No doctor names mentioned in associated with their deaths, or hospital. Elton might have died at Swedish. Scott I'd have to assume Providence in Everett. Why are these the only two names mentioned out of the 195 deaths in Washington State? Why didn't Local 1576 mention Scott's death on their website? Why was it reported that Scott was spit on prior to getting sick? The CV mystery stack up and I'm off to find another name.
