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Telemarketer call helps save elderly man
December 28, 2005, 11:43 PM EST
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) _ A random call from a telemarketer helped save a frozen 85-year-old man who had fallen near his home in rural Illinois last week.
Crystal Rozell, an employee with Consumer Direct Marketing in Saratoga Springs, called a number on Dec. 22 when the man who answered said he was hurt and asked for help.
The man, who lives in Ridott, Ill., had fallen near his home the previous night and spent the entire night outside, said Stevenson County Sheriff David Snyders, who was in charge of the case in Illinois.
The man managed to crawl back into the house in the morning, but his phone could not make outgoing calls, Snyders said.
Rozell's call was the first he received that day.
The telemarketer contacted the police and the man was taken to a local hospital.
Police had no information about the man's condition, but said he wanted to thank Rozell.
Christopher Silipigno, vice president of Consumer Direct Marketing, said the company makes thousands of telemarketing calls to all parts of the country every day.
"Crystal usually speaks to 700 to 1,000 people every day," he said. "But she had the compassion to listen, and that is really something."
December 28, 2005, 11:43 PM EST
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) _ A random call from a telemarketer helped save a frozen 85-year-old man who had fallen near his home in rural Illinois last week.
Crystal Rozell, an employee with Consumer Direct Marketing in Saratoga Springs, called a number on Dec. 22 when the man who answered said he was hurt and asked for help.
The man, who lives in Ridott, Ill., had fallen near his home the previous night and spent the entire night outside, said Stevenson County Sheriff David Snyders, who was in charge of the case in Illinois.
The man managed to crawl back into the house in the morning, but his phone could not make outgoing calls, Snyders said.
Rozell's call was the first he received that day.
The telemarketer contacted the police and the man was taken to a local hospital.
Police had no information about the man's condition, but said he wanted to thank Rozell.
Christopher Silipigno, vice president of Consumer Direct Marketing, said the company makes thousands of telemarketing calls to all parts of the country every day.
"Crystal usually speaks to 700 to 1,000 people every day," he said. "But she had the compassion to listen, and that is really something."
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