Blue State Embarassment - Elderly Oregon Woman Stuck in Bathtub Waits 5 Days for Rescue!

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Elderly Oregon Woman Stuck in Bathtub Waits 5 Days for Rescue

Friday, April 04, 2008

An elderly woman survived a harrowing ordeal after becoming trapped in her

bathtub and waiting five days before help arrived on Saturday, FOX 12 in

Oregon reported.

The Beaverton, Ore., woman lives alone at Westbury Apartments, and was only

rescued after her daughter, who lives out of the area, hadn't heard from her

in several days. The unidentified woman's daughter called the apartment

manager, who had maintenance workers break the lock on the apartment door,

FOX 12 reported.

The workers found the woman crying out from her bathtub. Her neighbor, Ryan

Green, told FOX 12 he often helps her when she struggles to get up and down

the stairs, but never thought she would get stuck in her tub.

"I don't know how anyone could get on for five days like that," Green told

FOX 12. "Did she grab a towel to keep herself warm? I mean, can you imagine,

five days, sitting in a tub?"

Green told FOX 12 that he always knew his neighbor was tough but is still

surprised she survived for five days in that predicament.

The woman was taken to Providence Hospital. There is no word on her

condition.