RAYTOWN, Mo. (KCTV) – Step inside the 10-story Bowen Tower apartments in Raytown and you’ll feel the chill. The thermostat on the wall in the lobby is set at 75 degrees. Monday evening, the temperature read 54 degrees.
Several tenants on the first floor have stoves on and oven doors open to compensate.
John Washington is one of them. The 75-year-old is legally blind. He maneuvered past the oven door to pull out a frozen dinner and moved his face close to the microwave buttons with a magnifying glass in hand, then walked out of the kitchen while it warmed up, holding his hands on the walls to guide him…