Homeless Woman Goes Viral For Incredible Singing Skills, Turns Out She Lost Her Home To Medical Bills
The subway is one of the most interesting places to visit, regardless of location. While some are built to be full-fledged museums and art galleries for tourists and locals alike, others are often the go-to places for a variety of street performers and musical artists. The latter often go there for the acoustics. No matter where you live, if your city has an operating subway system, something exciting and interesting is bound to happen there eventually. And it might go viral.
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Emily Zamourka, the 52-year-old subway songstress, mesmerized the world with her angelic singing in the LA subway
This is exactly what happened in the Los Angeles subway. A police officer stumbled upon a woman singing opera in the Wilshire-Normandie subway station. The mesmerizing performance was filmed and soon posted on the LAPD Twitter account with a poetic caption: “4 million people call LA home. 4 million stories. 4 million voices… sometimes you just have to stop and listen to one, to hear something beautiful”.
4 million people call LA home. 4 million stories. 4 million voices…sometimes you just have to stop and listen to one, to hear something beautiful. pic.twitter.com/VzlmA0c6jX
— LAPD HQ (@LAPDHQ) September 27, 2019
The woman’s angelic singing immediately went viral. As of now, the video is already a bit shy of a million views. The video led to everyone talking about her and wanting to hear more of her singing.
The woman introduced herself as Emily Zamourka, a 52-year-old songstress and musician from Russia. Zamourka learned to sing as a child by watching opera singers perform on television. Her passion for music lead to mastering the piano and violin later in her life.
Emily Zamourka used to play the violin on the streets of LA before it was stolen
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She eventually moved to North America in the hopes of independence and new experiences. She worked in nursing homes and restaurants before rediscovering her passion for music and started teaching it. Unfortunately, medical problems were proving to be a huge struggle for her, which is how she ended up in Los Angeles.
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Events took a turn for the worse when her $10,000 violin was stolen and destroyed. Zamourka said that the violin was the only means of income for her at that point. However, even though her instrument was gone, nobody could steal her voice and her passion for music.
Zamourka’s story & singing struck a chord with the crowd, leading people to help the songstress get back on her feet
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Since the video went viral, the phenomenal songstress became a local celebrity, drawing crowds of spectators as well as news reporters. Zamourka was also asked to sing at the opening of Little Italy in celebration of Italian heritage in Los Angeles. A GoFundMe campaign was also kicked off to help Zamourka get housing and back on her feet.
Here’s how people reacted
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Saw this on the news in Houston. Such an amazing voice. Glad they were able to find her. It's so messed up that someone with such talent can't shine because our health care system is sooooo jacked up she can't get help. Imagine where she would be in life if she got the help she needed.
The USA, a country where dreams can come true. But nightmares too... She is one of the few who might get rescued from the destiny of poverty, thanks to her exceptional talent. But nobody should be allowed to loose their home, because they were ill!!!
In case you were wondering, miss Emily is currently staying at an airbnb, and because of this viral video, she may hopefully find a permanent place to stay at, soon! (according to an article on the Washington Post) Her story is bittersweet, especially about how her violin had been stolen and the ridiculous bills, but she's truly angelic, and I only hope for the brightest future for her. And most of all, she's an inspiration, bless her.
The USA would be one of the worst places to have a chronic illness imo. So grateful for Medicare in Australia, without it my Crohns and cancer diagnosis’ would see me homeless...and I can’t sing.
So if you lose everything to medical bills but you can't sing then you are screwed. Welcome to America.
What a beautiful women inside and out. She has such a positive out look on life given her situation.
Oh no a charity has taken over "distributing" the gofundme funds. Cheap Violin, and a couple nights accommodation at best for her. Why not give directly to her? Why give to the charity? People donate for HER. To help her. Yes I know this sounds nasty, but when you hear stories of people losing everything in a fire, and a "reputable" charity stepping in to "help" the family, and all the people donated beautiful toys, clothes, furniture, money, and the family ended up with second hand beds, 1 used Barbie and food vouchers, no. Sounds callous and bitter, but I refuse to donate to help boost a charity's profits, and rather see it go directly to the person.
Yeah, well, God Bless America and it's wonderful caring health only for those can afford to pay system.
Medical bankruptcy is a uniquely American "tradition" among developed nations. But we need to do more studies… to figure out how politicians and their deep-pockets supporters who are deeply invested in medical entities and Big Pharma will survive without millions in dividends.
Nothing seems to be more important in America than making other people rich. Your right to health and education, your dreams mean nothing unless someone is making big bucks out of it.
do any of you privileged people reading this know how much strength it takes to haul your s**t around with you every day, while trying to stay out of the eye of the cops? I don't mind the undomiciled; we were on the streets and hauling our stuff to shelters after my stroke. My only complaint is at least in Eugene, the undomiciled are protective of their patch of sidewalk and really b***h when they have to get up and let me and my walker by.
What a truly incredible talent she still has. Hopefully she'll get help to find a home to start with then her voice will take her places far away from where she is now.
Sadly, with the mounds of red tape, paperwork and transportation issues, just to name a few problems, the homeless are set up to fail. I volunteer with a couple of non-profits helping the homeless here in Denver, and there is help for people. It's just logistically too difficult for anyone to get the help they need to get off the streets. Sorry for my rant.
This is so multi dimensional. Such an amazing instrument living on the streets, and SO many weak instruments making far too much money than they should. Society has become such explorers. Most follow what a marketing agency carrots them with. I sincerely hope this amazing voice can live a safe fulfilled world, able to eat, and be healthy.
Such a great country the States that bleeds it's citizens with no decent health care. Lose your home because you can't pay the bills for the doctor or hospital, this truly not a civilized nation. A country that does not provide housing and medical care to all, is not a great country. Only the very rich have it all while the rest of the population struggles. It's so indecent. America as you call it, never ever was GREAT!
Saw this on the news in Houston. Such an amazing voice. Glad they were able to find her. It's so messed up that someone with such talent can't shine because our health care system is sooooo jacked up she can't get help. Imagine where she would be in life if she got the help she needed.
The USA, a country where dreams can come true. But nightmares too... She is one of the few who might get rescued from the destiny of poverty, thanks to her exceptional talent. But nobody should be allowed to loose their home, because they were ill!!!
In case you were wondering, miss Emily is currently staying at an airbnb, and because of this viral video, she may hopefully find a permanent place to stay at, soon! (according to an article on the Washington Post) Her story is bittersweet, especially about how her violin had been stolen and the ridiculous bills, but she's truly angelic, and I only hope for the brightest future for her. And most of all, she's an inspiration, bless her.
The USA would be one of the worst places to have a chronic illness imo. So grateful for Medicare in Australia, without it my Crohns and cancer diagnosis’ would see me homeless...and I can’t sing.
So if you lose everything to medical bills but you can't sing then you are screwed. Welcome to America.
What a beautiful women inside and out. She has such a positive out look on life given her situation.
Oh no a charity has taken over "distributing" the gofundme funds. Cheap Violin, and a couple nights accommodation at best for her. Why not give directly to her? Why give to the charity? People donate for HER. To help her. Yes I know this sounds nasty, but when you hear stories of people losing everything in a fire, and a "reputable" charity stepping in to "help" the family, and all the people donated beautiful toys, clothes, furniture, money, and the family ended up with second hand beds, 1 used Barbie and food vouchers, no. Sounds callous and bitter, but I refuse to donate to help boost a charity's profits, and rather see it go directly to the person.
Yeah, well, God Bless America and it's wonderful caring health only for those can afford to pay system.
Medical bankruptcy is a uniquely American "tradition" among developed nations. But we need to do more studies… to figure out how politicians and their deep-pockets supporters who are deeply invested in medical entities and Big Pharma will survive without millions in dividends.
Nothing seems to be more important in America than making other people rich. Your right to health and education, your dreams mean nothing unless someone is making big bucks out of it.
do any of you privileged people reading this know how much strength it takes to haul your s**t around with you every day, while trying to stay out of the eye of the cops? I don't mind the undomiciled; we were on the streets and hauling our stuff to shelters after my stroke. My only complaint is at least in Eugene, the undomiciled are protective of their patch of sidewalk and really b***h when they have to get up and let me and my walker by.
What a truly incredible talent she still has. Hopefully she'll get help to find a home to start with then her voice will take her places far away from where she is now.
Sadly, with the mounds of red tape, paperwork and transportation issues, just to name a few problems, the homeless are set up to fail. I volunteer with a couple of non-profits helping the homeless here in Denver, and there is help for people. It's just logistically too difficult for anyone to get the help they need to get off the streets. Sorry for my rant.
This is so multi dimensional. Such an amazing instrument living on the streets, and SO many weak instruments making far too much money than they should. Society has become such explorers. Most follow what a marketing agency carrots them with. I sincerely hope this amazing voice can live a safe fulfilled world, able to eat, and be healthy.
Such a great country the States that bleeds it's citizens with no decent health care. Lose your home because you can't pay the bills for the doctor or hospital, this truly not a civilized nation. A country that does not provide housing and medical care to all, is not a great country. Only the very rich have it all while the rest of the population struggles. It's so indecent. America as you call it, never ever was GREAT!
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