Goodness of America
Cool Surprise
Summertime can be brutal for anyone who does not particularly enjoy the heat, but it can be downright dangerous for those who do not have the luxury of air conditioning, particularly elderly folks. So when the Fort Worth Police Department in Texas received a frantic phone call in June from a 95-year-old man whose air conditioner just broke, they responded immediately.
Officers William Margolis and Christopher Weir drove over to Julius Hatley’s house, where they found Hatley sitting in the shade of his porch in an effort to keep cool on that 90-degree morning. Upon inspection, the officers saw that Hatley’s central air conditioning unit had indeed broken down and that his backup window unit was not working either.
The officers decided that they would purchase an air conditioner for Hatley. At the local Home Depot, they asked store employees to help them select the best air conditioner for Hatley’s home, based on its size and layout. When the store employees learned what the officers were doing, they pitched in $150 of their own money to split the cost of the unit. The officers then went back to Hatley’s to install the unit.
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