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Homeless Woman Reunited with Family After They Spotted Her in Video

Jonathan Choe
February 23, 2026
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Some good news coming out of the crime, chaos, and death ravaging Seattle.

Over the weekend, the family of Marissa Flores watched my coverage of We Heart Seattle doing outreach at a drug encampment in the city.

After contacting me for a location, Flores’ family immediately jumped in the car, started a search, and miraculously found her in a tent.

She’s now in detox and back home with her kids.

The politicians, academics, and activists keep saying this is primarily being fueled by an affordable housing crisis.

Flores’ family says don’t listen to them.

They say it’s time to focus on drug treatment and recovery first if we are going to save lives in this city.

Jonathan Choe

Journalist and Senior Fellow, Center on Wealth and Poverty
Jonathan Choe is a journalist and Senior Fellow with Discovery Institute’s Center on Wealth and Poverty, covering homelessness issues for its Fix Homelessness initiative. Prior to joining Discovery, Choe spent several years as one of the lead reporters at KOMO-TV, consistently the top rated television station in Seattle. His in depth stories on crime and deep dive investigations into the homeless crisis led to measurable results in the community, including changes in public policy. Choe has more than two decades of experience in television news behind the scenes and in front of the camera for ABC, NBC, FOX, CBS, and Tribune. He has also been nominated and honored with multiple industry awards including an Emmy. Choe spent several years teaching classes on emerging media and entrepreneurship to under privileged youth in inner city Chicago. As an independent journalist, Choe also contributes regularly to the Mill Creek View and Lynnwood Times and has reported on exclusive stories in the past year for Daily Wire and The Postmillennial.