WOIO writes about great grandmother saved by Lakemore resident!
Akron great-grandmother says postal worker saved her life after refrigerator fell on top of her Kelly Kennedy Published: Sep. 18, 2023 at 11:25 PM EDT | Updated: 12 hours ago AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - An Akron great-grandmother told 19 News she owes everything to a postal worker. A few weeks ago, 89-year-old Betty Rucker went to her fridge to get some fruit. Somehow in the process, the entire refrigerator came crashing down on top of her. “I was terrified,” Rucker said. “It was coming right at me, and I thought it was gonna really squish my head. I went backwards into the floor, and I could only smell the pickles and the olives because that’s what broke, and I had dill juice running down my back.” The Akron great-grandmother lives in her apartment alone. She usually has home attendants with her, but the catastrophe happened while she was waiting for her other aid to arrive. “I don’t think I’ve ever been more scared when I looked up and that freezer part was coming off in my ...