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The Good Samaritan who police say saved the life of a quadriplegic man abandoned for days in a Philadelphia park is speaking out for the first time.<\/p>\n
Fitzroy Anderson, a 55-year-old custodian at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, says he\u2019s been riding his bike near Cobbs Creek Park since he was 14-years-old. It was his bike ride Friday night however that would change his life forever.<\/p>\n
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Anderson was at the park near Catharine Street around 9 p.m. Friday. He decided to go deeper into the woods because he saw two deer and wanted to take a picture of them for his grandchildren.
\nAs Anderson followed the animals he spotted an empty wheelchair.<\/p>\n
\u201cSoon as they saw me they took off right down the creek so I followed them,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s when I stumbled on the wheelchair.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson then spotted something, or someone, bundled tightly in a blanket in an area littered with trash, only footsteps away from the wheelchair.<\/p>\n
\u201cI jumped and I said, \u2018Oh! Oh my God!\u2019\u201d he said. \u201cI kept walking and something kept puzzling me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson began to walk away but couldn\u2019t forget what he just saw.<\/p>\n
\u201cTwo of the branches caught my eyes,\u201d he said. \u201cIt was a cross.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson called his step-daughter and the two notified authorities. They then led police back to who he found, the 21-year-old quadriplegic son of Nyia Parler, who police say dumped him in the area only five days prior.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey found about 100 yards off the roadway here, laying in leaves,\u201d said Philadelphia Police Lt. John Walker. \u201cHe\u2019s got a blanket over him and a Bible on his chest.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rescuers took the man to the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia where he was treated for a cut on his back, dehydration, malnutrition and exposure to the weather, police said. He is currently in stable condition.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the rescue guy came and they opened the package I remember there was a Bible on top of him,\u201d Anderson said. \u201cI never saw his face. After I saw the Bible I walked away and came right back up to this spot.\u201d<\/p>\n
Anderson was overwhelmed with emotion after the shocking discovery.<\/p>\n
\u201cI walked home with tears in my eyes all the way home,\u201d Anderson said.<\/p>\n
Police believe the man would have died if not for Anderson. Anderson gives credit to God however.<\/p>\n
\u201cGod got a lot to do with it,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it wasn\u2019t for those two deer and God, that young man wouldn\u2019t be alive today.\u201d<\/p>\n
Read more: http:\/\/www.nbcphiladelphia.com\/news\/local\/Good-Samaritan-Fitzroy-Anderson-Quadriplegic-Abandoned-Nyia-Parler-299744281.html#ixzz3XJpxGM4A<\/a> The Good Samaritan who police say saved the life of a quadriplegic man abandoned for days in a Philadelphia park is speaking out for the first time. Fitzroy Anderson, a 55-year-old custodian at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital, says he\u2019s been riding his bike near Cobbs Creek Park since he was 14-years-old. It was his bike ride … Continue reading Good Samaritan Says God Led Him to Abandoned Quadriplegic Man By David Chang<\/span>
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