Dear Editor,
On Dec. 7 2016, while I was walking my little white dog “Captain” at Walter Lee school grounds, I slipped on the ice and fell onto my right hip; it was a very hard landing on icy cement. I think I knew right away that I had done some serious damage, but, of course, one hopes for a miracle.
I did not get the miracle I had first wished for, but a miracle did happen nonetheless.
Almost immediately, I heard a woman calling, “Are you all right?”
She came closer, caught my dog, and, with her own little black dog to hold onto as well as Captain, she gently helped to maneuver me to my feet and to a small bench nearby.
Soon, another lady and a man appeared as if from nowhere. The first lady used her cell phone to call my husband who brought the car to the nearest exit from the school yard. Meanwhile, my “three angels” managed, somehow, to half carry, half drag me to that exit, one inch at a time. They wanted to call 911, but I didn’t know what would happen to Captain… would they take him in the ambulance? I just had to get us both home safely, first.
Once home, we called the ambulance and soon learned at emergency that I had broken my hip. I was in hospital for five days and am now doing well.
I want to thank those three people so much for all they did for me. They were so good! All three seemed to know exactly what to do and what not to do so as not to make matters worse. All I know about them is that the gentleman’s name is Francis and his children attend Walter Lee school. He needed all his strength to help me…I could feel his effort.
I cannot adequately express how grateful I am to these wonderful people, but I know they were my Christmas angels.
Ruth Berube
Richmond
