Bill Lewis is sure he would have died if a stranger hadnB次元官网网址檛 come to his aid.

B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 even know his name,B次元官网网址� 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.

B次元官网网址淚t was snowing when I left,B次元官网网址� Lewis told the Langley Advance Times.

B次元官网网址淲hen I left, it wasnB次元官网网址檛 so bad, but coming back, there was about an inch.B次元官网网址�

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.

B次元官网网址滻t got stuck, and I went back, and the whole thing [walker] went over my head. It tossed me on the ground,B次元官网网址� he described.

He couldnB次元官网网址檛 phone for help because heB次元官网网址檇 left his cell phone at home.

B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 bad for forgetting things,B次元官网网址� 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.

B次元官网网址滻 couldnB次元官网网址檛 move that much afterwards, because the pain was so bad,B次元官网网址� Lewis said.

B次元官网网址淚 was shouting and waving, but there was only one one or two cars driving past, and theyB次元官网网址檙e not looking at me, because itB次元官网网址檚 snowing.B次元官网网址�

He remembers his teeth chattering, and his back freezing, because of the snow and moisture.

B次元官网网址淚 honestly thought I was going to die. I was just shivering and shivering and shivering.B次元官网网址�

He estimates he was on the ground for about an hour, until a man walking past spotted Lewis and came to his aid.

B次元官网网址淗e saved me from getting too cold,B次元官网网址� Lewis recalled.

B次元官网网址淗e went inside my trailer, took the blankets and came back out and covered me up, so I wasnB次元官网网址檛 so cold, then.B次元官网网址�

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.

B次元官网网址淚t still hurts a little bit,B次元官网网址� Lewis said of his injury.

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He wishes he had thought to ask his Good SamaritanB次元官网网址檚 name.

B次元官网网址淚 was delirious, right?B次元官网网址� 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.

HeB次元官网网址檚 hoping his rescuer will see this story, and know how grateful he is.

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B次元官网网址淚B次元官网网址檓 thankful that he found me because I was thinking, well, is this the way IB次元官网网址檓 gonna go? I didnB次元官网网址檛 know, because I was getting so cold,B次元官网网址� Lewis related.

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He also wanted to make a public thank-you to the paramedics who B次元官网网址渟ort of got me in gentleB次元官网网址� to the ambulance, as well as the hospital and rehab staff.