Summertime is lots of fun, but when it's too hot it can instead be very uncomfortable and dangerous.
When the temperature rose to 38℃ in Fort Worth Texas several years ago it was especially difficult for those who didn't have an air conditioner (空调). 95-year-old World War I soldier Julius Hatley was one of those who have to stand the burning heat. His air conditioner had broken and he was completely burning up.
Still, even at 95, he was doing everything he could to get by without help. Julius tried spending time under the trees in his garden—but at one point, he just couldn't take it any more. So he took action. Not knowing what else to do about the extreme heat, 95-year-old Hatley called his local Fort Worth, Texas police department.
William Margolis, was the officer on duty that day. He knew this was a common 911 call. For the police, Hatley's request was not an urgent call because there were more important and bigger event waiting for them to do. Still, Margolis and his partner Christopher Weir managed to spare time for a visit.
When they got there around 8:30 am, they found his house was 38℃ to 39℃ already. And the temperature was still rising. After checking the room for a little while, Margolis and Weir quickly discovered that both Hatley's central air conditioning and window unit were broken, leaving the man to suffer alone.
The two men didn't have a solution to Hatley's problem right then, but they promised they would find it out. It didn't take long, however, for Margolis to realize that he just couldn't shake the image of the poor, old man out of his head. He requested that he and Weir make a stop at a shop, where they could buy Hatley a new air conditioner themselves.
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But the kindness didn't stop there.
……
The 95 year old was touched by all that they had done.