HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. – A
suburban Illinois hair stylist was hailed as a hero for saving an
elderly customer's life after she failed to arrive for her weekly
appointment.
Joan Ludovic, 82, has had a standing
appointment with Jose Moran for nearly 20 years and always phones him to
reschedule if she cannot make it, so when she failed to appear for her
most recent booking, Moran rushed to her home, myFOXchicago.com
reported.
Ludovic's Hoffman Estates home, northwest of
Chicago, is just minutes from Moran's salon. When he arrived Friday, he
saw two days' worth of newspapers in the driveway and did not get an
answer at the door, so he phoned police.
"I went to her house, and when I got there, I
realized there were a couple of days of papers in the driveway, and
that made me more concerned," Moran said. "At that point, I knocked on
the door, and there was no response."
When police arrived, they found Ludovic on
the floor. She had suffered a couple of mini strokes and a mild heart
attack. Unable to move, she had been in that position for a couple of
days.
Because of his actions, local police will give Moran an award for saving the woman's life.
The stylist said that most of all, he is
looking forward to having his friend and client back in his salon -- but
in the meantime, he is styling her hair for her in the nursing home.
"She has a wonderful personality," Moran said. "She makes me laugh, I make her laugh and she makes everyone else here laugh."
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