Listen To How An Accidental Phone Call Saved A Woman’s Life

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by Alex Alvarez | 4:47 pm, February 3rd, 2012

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When 28-year-old Colorado student Kenny Crater received a strange call last week from an out-of-state number he didn’t recognize, he might have been tempted to hang up. But as he listened, he learned that the woman on the other end — 70-year-old Loretta Smith of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio — had suffered a stroke and was lying, practically immobilized, on her bedroom floor.

Smith had been trying to call her son for help, but, because she fell on her left side, had trouble dialing. Crater listened as she calmly explained her situation, then called 911. Once he was transferred to Smith’s local police department, he told the dispatcher he was in need of help… for a stranger several states away.

“I have no idea who it is,” he admitted to the dispatcher. “It’s just a freaky thing that she called me at my number.” He provided Smith’s Ohio address and phone number, ultimately helping to save her life.

Have a listen to the 911 call, via ABC News:

h/t ABCNews.com

911 Call, Kenny Crater, Loretta Smith

Anonymous

Nice human interest story, thanks for posting.
Anonymous

God bless her and the man who called the police for a stranger! Fortunately, there are drugs nowadays that, if administered within the first hour after a stroke, can mitigate the damage. I hope that she will be on the mend soon.
Anonymous

Nice job.
Verreauxii

Great story.
http://www.sarainitalyblog.blogspot.com/ sarainitaly

Thanks for making me cry, Alex! ;O)

Touching story. So glad that guy cared enough to call. I always worry about my mom, especially living so far away.
http://www.facebook.com/bruce.kennedy3 Bruce Kennedy

Hats off to Mr. Crater. Semper Fi.
Douglas W. Rodrigues

Sure glad that she wasn’t one of the typical jerks that would have hung-up “for not wanting to get involved.”