Bill Lewis is sure he would have died if a stranger hadn乌鸦传媒檛 come to his aid.

乌鸦传媒淚 don乌鸦传媒檛 even know his name,乌鸦传媒� Lewis, an 84-year-old widower who lives in Langley, said.

Now, he wants to say thank you.

Lewis fell and fractured his right hip during a Halloween night snowfall outside his home in the Livingstone RV Park at 23141 72 Ave. in Langley, where the widower has lived for six years.

He described how he returned home in his car on Oct. 31, and got out with the walker he relies upon since both of his knee joints, and both hip joints, were replaced.

乌鸦传媒淚t was snowing when I left,乌鸦传媒� Lewis told the Langley Advance Times.

乌鸦传媒淲hen I left, it wasn乌鸦传媒檛 so bad, but coming back, there was about an inch.乌鸦传媒�

Just before he reached the entrance ramp to his front door, a wheel of the walker hit an unseen rut, and Lewis tripped and fell down, breaking his hip.

乌鸦传媒滻t got stuck, and I went back, and the whole thing [walker] went over my head. It tossed me on the ground,乌鸦传媒� he described.

He couldn乌鸦传媒檛 phone for help because he乌鸦传媒檇 left his cell phone at home.

乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 bad for forgetting things,乌鸦传媒� Lewis admitted.

Lewis was on the ground between two trailers, in the snow, in dark clothing on a dark evening, out of sight of most passers-by.

乌鸦传媒滻 couldn乌鸦传媒檛 move that much afterwards, because the pain was so bad,乌鸦传媒� Lewis said.

乌鸦传媒淚 was shouting and waving, but there was only one one or two cars driving past, and they乌鸦传媒檙e not looking at me, because it乌鸦传媒檚 snowing.乌鸦传媒�

He remembers his teeth chattering, and his back freezing, because of the snow and moisture.

乌鸦传媒淚 honestly thought I was going to die. I was just shivering and shivering and shivering.乌鸦传媒�

He estimates he was on the ground for about an hour, until a man walking past spotted Lewis and came to his aid.

乌鸦传媒淗e saved me from getting too cold,乌鸦传媒� Lewis recalled.

乌鸦传媒淗e went inside my trailer, took the blankets and came back out and covered me up, so I wasn乌鸦传媒檛 so cold, then.乌鸦传媒�

His rescuer called 911.

Paramedics arrived, loaded Lewis into an ambulance, wrapped him in warm blankets, and took him to hospital, where he spent more than two months in rehab.

乌鸦传媒淚t still hurts a little bit,乌鸦传媒� Lewis said of his injury.

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He wishes he had thought to ask his Good Samaritan乌鸦传媒檚 name.

乌鸦传媒淚 was delirious, right?乌鸦传媒� he explained.

His rescuer, he recalled, did tell him that he was living just up the street from Lewis, but it appears they had moved on, and taken their trailer with them, by the time Lewis had returned to his home.

He乌鸦传媒檚 hoping his rescuer will see this story, and know how grateful he is.

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乌鸦传媒淚乌鸦传媒檓 thankful that he found me because I was thinking, well, is this the way I乌鸦传媒檓 gonna go? I didn乌鸦传媒檛 know, because I was getting so cold,乌鸦传媒� Lewis related.

乌鸦传媒淚t乌鸦传媒檚 just possible I could have died there, because I was saying to myself if nobody comes, and I can乌鸦传媒檛 move, I乌鸦传媒檓 finished.乌鸦传媒�

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He also wanted to make a public thank-you to the paramedics who 乌鸦传媒渟ort of got me in gentle乌鸦传媒� to the ambulance, as well as the hospital and rehab staff.