Resident is looking for her Good Samaritan
A Whitehorse woman is looking for the man who took care of her after she fell on the ice last month.
A Whitehorse woman is looking for the man who took care of her after she fell on the ice last month.
Alice Cyr, 81, was on her way home Nov. 2 after having obtained a copy of that day’s Star when she slipped on a patch of ice and fell.
“As I was regaining consciousness, I began to hear a voice,” Cyr said in an interview today.
She couldn’t open her eyes, but remembers it was a man’s voice.
The man told her not to move.
“I thought it was rather comical because I couldn’t move anyway,” she said, chuckling.
The man asked her how old she was.
She told him she is 81.
“Oh, s---!” the man exclaimed upon learning her age, Cyr remembers.
“I knew what he meant: I had probably broken every bone in my body,” she said.
Luckily, Cyr hadn’t fractured anything.
She is still suffering from a concussion she sustained that day, though.
“I heard the voice say to someone else, ‘I saw her go down and her head really really bounced on cement,’ ” she said.
While waiting for an ambulance to arrive, Cyr was so focused on the man’s voice, she doesn’t remember anything else – not even the sound of rush-hour traffic on Second Avenue.
“On an unconscious level, the voice is what’s gonna get me out of this,” she thought at the time.
Cyr spent eight days in Whitehorse General Hospital recovering from the concussion, and is struggling with intense vertigo.
“I didn’t know what (vertigo) was before; man, I do now,” she said.
“That terrible feeling of flying through the air.”
It’s been over a month now, and Cyr is doing better.
She was able to drive herself to a grocery store for the first time two days ago.
She still has to use a cane.
“Mostly because somewhere along the way, I developed a fear of falling,” she said, laughing.
Today, she drove herself to her physiotherapy appointment.
She insists she wants to reconnect with the man who helped her that day.
“The voice deserves something; he stayed with me and never left me,” she said.
“He was what got me out of there.”
The person who helped her out on Nov. 2 can contact her through the Star.
Comments (5)
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June Jackson on Dec 11, 2015 at 2:55 pm
Goodness: thanks for printing your story too. So much grief going on in Whitehorse right now, B and E's, accidents, hit and runs, theft, wanton damage, drugs... that one tends to forget how wonderful our little city really is. When you are a victim, it becomes your focus and somehow all the kindness and caring slips away from your thoughts.
I have to remember that criminals are in the minority and the majority of people in my community are decent people with good hearts.
Perhaps the Star could start a forum column, "whats good in Whitehorse this week" where folks can tell their story, I am sure there are lots of stories that we don't hear about...but maybe we should.. do us all good to hear about the best in mankind instead of always the worst.
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Good People Are Awesome on Dec 11, 2015 at 2:45 pm
We hear about all the bad stuff going on in Whitehorse, shootings, break ins, drug dealers and the like. It's good to know there are a lot of awfully good people out there such as this person demonstrated as well. I'm sure the kind, decent, caring people are in the majority here by a large margin, unfortunately the bad things are usually what makes the headlines.
Merry Christmas to all our residents out there who make a difference for the better in this town.
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Goodness abounds on Dec 10, 2015 at 8:24 pm
I wanted to add that I was frantic after realizing that I could not find my little leather pouch that had $900 cash while shopping downtown a few weeks ago. I was at ICE buying a data stick for my resume. When I realized my cash wallet was gone, they kindly gave me a discount and wished me luck as I was upset after searching my purse frantically and knew it was gone.
I retraced my steps frantically from Shoppers on Main St. as that was where I thought I had last seen it in my purse as I used my real wallet to pay with a credit card. The little leather folder with cash was Christmas and bill money and I even checked all the garbage cans as I was sure someone had probably tossed my pouch after taking the cash as it did not have any ID.
I finally thought I will just double check with the post office under Shoppers with much doubt that I had lost it there. As I walked to the counter the woman who I assume is in the manager gave me a large smile and as the words ..did you happen to see..she held up my leather pouch full of cash. I had left it on the little ledge when I paid for my parcel and some Good Samaritan turned it in. The post lady had even written my name on a piece of paper from my parcel as a maybe as it did not have ID , only cash! It was so wonderful as I had recently been laid off and it would have meant credit cards only! I am so thankful and made sure to put an extra amount in the Salvation Army Kettle to give thanks for the honesty and kindness of all and the post office. I cannot express how grateful I am to the kindness of all involved. Goodness certainly abounds in Whitehorse! Wishing all a Happy Holiday.
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Groucho d' North on Dec 9, 2015 at 5:52 pm
I agree with June, it is refreshing to read positive news, not that it wasn't tragic what happened to Mrs. Cyr, but for a good Samaritan to stand by and provide aid and protection until the ambulance arrived, shows an all too infrequent look into the positive aspects of our community.
I miss Ron McFadden's reports about average Yukoners or the kids' sports teams coming home from their tournaments away. They were positive and usually had a smile at the conclusion of the story. Whitehorse was much different when it was a smaller town, not so long ago.
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June Jackson on Dec 9, 2015 at 3:11 pm
I like stories like this. I believe people are pretty good at heart. We like to help each other. (We don't like to be taken advantage of). Good on the Star for printing a feel good story, good on the stranger who stopped to help, and good on the lady who recognized said stranger.