Employees helped man beyond store

EMy wife and I would like to thank the two young gentlemen (we didn't get their names) who helped us in the small west parking lot of the Marion Hy-Vee store.

As we were crossing the parking lot, I got very weak and passed out. From this point, my memory is sporadic. My wife caught me and held me up to keep me from falling. My wife then spotted the young gentlemen working near the garden center. She yelled for help and they came running. My next recollection was one of them holding me up.

The young gentlemen kept me from falling to the pavement, which at my age could have been a disaster. I also want to thank Hy-Vee for training their employees to have a helpful smile in every aisle, with the emphasis on helpful. They can add parking lot to the phrase. Thanks also goes out to the responsiveness of the Marion Fire Department, the ambulance crew and the doctors and nurses at Mercy Medical Center. Also, thanks to my neighbors, Bill and Marcia Wickam, who came to the hospital to get our groceries from the trunk to keep them from spoiling.

Bob and Marilyn Meyer

Marion