Sunday, September 28, 2008

ILL Vietnam vet spent hours asking for help but ignored

"I'm pretty upset. I was willing to fight for my country," Carroll said. "I felt like a piece of dirt in the street.

Veteran: Requests for help were ignored
FULLERTON, Calif., Sept. 28 (UPI) -- An ill Vietnam War veteran in California says police and passers-by ignored his requests for help as he lay in the sun for hours.

Timothy Carroll, 61, of Fullerton said he was walking home from his doctor's office last Thursday when the 84-degree heat, combined with his diabetes and Bell's palsy, forced him to lie down in the grass exhausted, The Orange County (Calif.) Register reported Saturday.
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