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MAN CELEBRATES 95th BIRTHDAY AFTER FALLING, SPENDING NIGHT OUTSIDE

(Richmond, IN)--A Richmond man celebrated his 95th birthday on Saturday, but that might not have been the case had it not been for an alert newspaper carrier last week.  Last Monday night at around 7:30, when the temperature was 2 degrees, Bill Denny slipped in his driveway, hit his head, and lay unconscious.  The then-94-year-old laid on his back in the cold until 2 o’clock the next morning – about six and a half hours – until carrier Heidi Lipscomb noticed him and called for help.  Denny was taken to Reid Health to be treated for frostbite.  Doctors said that if Denny had been exposed to the cold for another hour, he likely would not have survived.