Bill Lewis is sure he would have died if a stranger hadn91裸聊视频檛 come to his aid.
91裸聊视频淚 don91裸聊视频檛 even know his name,91裸聊视频 Lewis, an 84-year-old widower who lives in Langley, said.
Now, he wants to say thank you.
Lewis fell and fractured his right hip during a Halloween night snowfall outside his home in the Livingstone RV Park at 23141 72 Ave. in Langley, where the widower has lived for six years.
He described how he returned home in his car on Oct. 31, and got out with the walker he relies upon since both of his knee joints, and both hip joints, were replaced.
91裸聊视频淚t was snowing when I left,91裸聊视频 Lewis told the Langley Advance Times.
91裸聊视频淲hen I left, it wasn91裸聊视频檛 so bad, but coming back, there was about an inch.91裸聊视频
Just before he reached the entrance ramp to his front door, a wheel of the walker hit an unseen rut, and Lewis tripped and fell down, breaking his hip.
91裸聊视频滻t got stuck, and I went back, and the whole thing [walker] went over my head. It tossed me on the ground,91裸聊视频 he described.
He couldn91裸聊视频檛 phone for help because he91裸聊视频檇 left his cell phone at home.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 bad for forgetting things,91裸聊视频 Lewis admitted.
Lewis was on the ground between two trailers, in the snow, in dark clothing on a dark evening, out of sight of most passers-by.
91裸聊视频滻 couldn91裸聊视频檛 move that much afterwards, because the pain was so bad,91裸聊视频 Lewis said.
91裸聊视频淚 was shouting and waving, but there was only one one or two cars driving past, and they91裸聊视频檙e not looking at me, because it91裸聊视频檚 snowing.91裸聊视频
He remembers his teeth chattering, and his back freezing, because of the snow and moisture.
91裸聊视频淚 honestly thought I was going to die. I was just shivering and shivering and shivering.91裸聊视频
He estimates he was on the ground for about an hour, until a man walking past spotted Lewis and came to his aid.
91裸聊视频淗e saved me from getting too cold,91裸聊视频 Lewis recalled.
91裸聊视频淗e went inside my trailer, took the blankets and came back out and covered me up, so I wasn91裸聊视频檛 so cold, then.91裸聊视频
His rescuer called 911.
Paramedics arrived, loaded Lewis into an ambulance, wrapped him in warm blankets, and took him to hospital, where he spent more than two months in rehab.
91裸聊视频淚t still hurts a little bit,91裸聊视频 Lewis said of his injury.
91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 not saying I91裸聊视频檓 used to it, because I91裸聊视频檓 not.91裸聊视频
He wishes he had thought to ask his Good Samaritan91裸聊视频檚 name.
91裸聊视频淚 was delirious, right?91裸聊视频 he explained.
His rescuer, he recalled, did tell him that he was living just up the street from Lewis, but it appears they had moved on, and taken their trailer with them, by the time Lewis had returned to his home.
He91裸聊视频檚 hoping his rescuer will see this story, and know how grateful he is.
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91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 thankful that he found me because I was thinking, well, is this the way I91裸聊视频檓 gonna go? I didn91裸聊视频檛 know, because I was getting so cold,91裸聊视频 Lewis related.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 just possible I could have died there, because I was saying to myself if nobody comes, and I can91裸聊视频檛 move, I91裸聊视频檓 finished.91裸聊视频
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He also wanted to make a public thank-you to the paramedics who 91裸聊视频渟ort of got me in gentle91裸聊视频 to the ambulance, as well as the hospital and rehab staff.
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