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A Tullytown police officer went above and beyond Monday morning when he helped a handicapped man.
Officer Nate Aldsworth was traveling along Mill Creek Parkway in Falls Township while on-duty when he spotted a wheelchair-bound man stranded in the middle of the busy road. The officer checked on the man and found out his wheelchair had broken down.
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“He was stuck and trying to push his wheelchair, but he was handicapped and couldn’t push through that ice and snow,” Aldsworth, a 12-year veteran of the department, said. “I was worried he might be hit by a car.”
The officer not only helped the man out of the busy road but he took the man to the nearby 7-Eleven by Falls-Tullytown Road and eventually to the man’s home in the North Park neighborhood. Aldsworth told LevittownNow.com that good Samaritans also assisted during the trek, including one person who drove the officer back to his patrol car.
Tullytown police Chief Daniel Doyle said he was proud of Aldsworth’s actions.
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For Aldsworth, it was just a another day on the job. He joked about the exercise he received during the walk.
“What a workout!”
