In reading some information from oral histories done by Phoenix in the 1990s, Dura Tovrea, the niece who's in the Visitor Center video, says that after the robbery, Ima would not let her see or speak to Della. Dura says that she wished they'd just pushed in the door to get to see her aunt but, sadly, they didn't.
Another person interviewed tries to give Ima the benefit of the doubt, saying that her Christian Science views may have prevented her from getting help for Della until it was too late. I'm assuming those beliefs aren't what kept Ima from letting folks like Dura visit Della during her dying weeks.
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