After six months in hospital following a stroke, 81-year-old cancer sufferer Clarence Blackman from North Carolina returned home to find the cupboards empty.
With no food or water, and unable to leave the house, he made a desperate call to the emergency services.
According to ABC News, he told Marilyn Hinson, the 911 operator: ‘I can’t do anything. I can’t go anywhere.
‘I’m not broken, I’m not bleeding, and I’m not in crisis. I just want somebody to help me buy some food.’
Marilyn decided she had to help. ‘He was hungry,’ she explained. ‘I’ve been hungry. A lot of people can’t say that, but I can, and I can’t stand for anyone to be… Read the full story