FILE - A person openly smokes a narcotic on a street in Seattle. and some people say they are noticing a difference, but worry the problem may be going underground.
He said because of the crime in Little Saigon, his customers are afraid to come to the restaurant. His staff went from 30 workers to eight, and they’ve been operating in the red for a year, he shared on the first day of the operation. "The city needs to use their resources to help small businesses get back on their feet and help them stay in the area," Nguyen said.While KOMO News was in the CID at the intersection of 12th and Jackson Wednesday for this story, emergency responders arrived to treat a man for an apparent overdose. Witnesses said he collapsed in the road and watched as another man tried to help him.
"I was walking from Jackson to my doctor and there was a group of people down there and they are smoking fentanyl and I got a big, big whiff of it, I have a bad, bad flu, and it's just terrible," she said.