Couple delivering hot meal saves Maine man, 99, who had fallen on back porch in freezing cold
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Two volunteers for an organization that delivers hot meals to elderly residents are being credited with saving a 99-year-old Maine man's life.
Nelson and Sherry Lavigne, volunteers for Winthrop Hot Meal Kitchen, said they were making a delivery around 5 p.m. Wednesday when they found Gordon Alcott down on his back porch, bleeding from the head.
Nelson Lavigne tells the Kennebec Journal (http://bit.ly/1uBNkSJ ) he helped Alcott stand, while Sherry Lavigne called police.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Winthrop Police Chief Joe Young says Alcott told them he had been outside for three hours. Temperatures were in the 20s that evening.
Alcott was taken to a hospital and was back home by Thursday.
Officials say Alcott may have frozen to death had he not been found.
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Information from: Kennebec Journal, http://www.kjonline.com/