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Officer honored for saving elderly woman from cold - Greenwich Time

Police Officer Robert Hansen has been selected as February's Officer of the Month for his part in rescuing an elderly woman who wandered from home into a frigid January night in only a T-shirt and shorts, police said.

Police received a call at 5 a.m. Jan. 1 from a passing motorist who noticed a woman in the Bruce Park area walking around alone. She was not wearing suitable clothing for the cold temperatures, and police decided she should be found quickly, before she came to any harm.

Hansen was sent to the area, where he found the woman walking about 35 feet from the road in the snow behind some bushes, police said......


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