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Grateful visitor Thank you, kind strangers, for help after fall

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October 13, 2025

I would like to thank the people who helped me and my wife when I had a serious fall recently, while visiting from Sydney.

- Peter G. Hocking

Just before noon on Sept 7, we were approaching the junction of North Bridge Road and Middle Road, rushing to catch the green light. When I turned around to speak to my wife, I slipped and fell on the pavement, which was still damp from the rain.

I landed on my left hip and head. I was unconscious, with a severe gash to my head, and bleeding profusely, exacerbated by my taking of blood thinners.

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