When a passing male stranger came upon Frank Angley, who was on his knees suffering a heart attack in the driveway of his West Carson Street home, the man didn’t pick up one of the many nitroglycerine pills that had spilled out on the ground. He didn’t use Angley’s cellphone, which was lying on the driveway to call 911.
The stranger just pulled the wallet from Angley’s back pocket, took $728 out of it and walked away from the helpless victim at about 3 p.m. Friday.
“You can’t print my view of humanity right now,” Angley, 49, said as he continued to recover at Portneuf Medical Center on Saturday afternoon. Angley is scheduled to have stents in his heart cleared of blockage on Monday.
“I was glad someone stopped,” Angley said. “I really wanted him to call for help. He didn’t.”
Angley works at Powers Candy, and he left work a little early Friday afternoon because he wasn’t feeling well. It was payday, and he did cash his check before heading home. As he pulled into his driveway, the pain in his chest hit hard.
Angley managed to open his car door and step out as he fumbled for the bottle containing his nitro pills in his front pants pocket. Although he managed to unscrew the lid on the bottle, he fell to his knees, and the pills spilled out in front of him.
In pain and frightened, Angley pulled out his cellphone but was unable to make the 911 call himself.
That’s when he heard a male voice behind him.
“I remember trying to get my pills, and then I remember someone coming up and saying, ‘Do you need help?’” Angley recalled.
Help didn’t arrive until Angley’s best friend, Cory Thornley, rushed to Frank’s home about 20 minutes later. Thornley had called Angley’s cellphone, but all he heard was groaning on the other end, so Thornley drove to the home on West Carson quickly.
“He scooped me up and brought me here,” Angley said about his trip to PMC.
Thornley had already called and alerted the emergency room crew at PMC so they were ready to move quickly when Angley arrived. He was given nitroglycerine and aspirin to stop the pain, and he is now on a Heparin drip to keep his blood thinned.
Once Angley was stable, the ER crew asked him if he had his insurance information. That’s when he discovered his wallet was missing.
Angley’s daughter Kelsey had arrived at the ER as well as his sister Colleen. They immediately returned to the driveway on West Carson to find the wallet. It had been tossed on the front seat with all the money removed.
“I thought I was going to throw up,” Kelsey said. “It’s bad enough someone took all of his money, but to just leave him there to die.”
Angley and his daughter have an extremely close bond, partially because her mother and Frank’s wife, Connie, died of cancer a few years ago.
“It’s just the two of us now,” Frank said as he rolled up his sleeve to reveal a memorial tattoo of Connie.
“This was my worst fear,” Kelsey said. “He had to be picked up out of the driveway.”
Frank is no stranger to PMC. He had his first heart attack in November 2013 and received four stents. It was followed by another episode in February of last year when he received three more stents. He’s also survived a stroke and an aneurism in his brain over the past several years.
“I’m pretty lucky to be alive,” Frank said. “If I had any money, I’d probably buy a lottery ticket.”
Frank has lived in Pocatello for 10 years, and he said he always felt like it was a good, safe community. A native of New York, Frank has lived in Minneapolis and in larger cities in California.
“I’ve lived all over the country, and I’ve never had anything like this happen in big cities,” he said.
Pocatello police met with Frank Friday night, but he doesn’t feel it’s likely anyone will be caught. Police told him they would check surveillance cameras at Duffy’s Bar and a service station, which are near his home.
“All I know is it was a man’s voice and that’s not much to go on,” Frank said.
An account has been set up at GoFundMe.com to help Frank Angley pay for his medical bills. Donations can be submitted at www.gofundme.com/pk7d8s.
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The stranger just pulled the wallet from Angley’s back pocket, took $728 out of it and walked away from the helpless victim at about 3 p.m. Friday.
“You can’t print my view of humanity right now,” Angley, 49, said as he continued to recover at Portneuf Medical Center on Saturday afternoon. Angley is scheduled to have stents in his heart cleared of blockage on Monday.
“I was glad someone stopped,” Angley said. “I really wanted him to call for help. He didn’t.”
Angley works at Powers Candy, and he left work a little early Friday afternoon because he wasn’t feeling well. It was payday, and he did cash his check before heading home. As he pulled into his driveway, the pain in his chest hit hard.
Angley managed to open his car door and step out as he fumbled for the bottle containing his nitro pills in his front pants pocket. Although he managed to unscrew the lid on the bottle, he fell to his knees, and the pills spilled out in front of him.
In pain and frightened, Angley pulled out his cellphone but was unable to make the 911 call himself.
That’s when he heard a male voice behind him.
“I remember trying to get my pills, and then I remember someone coming up and saying, ‘Do you need help?’” Angley recalled.
Help didn’t arrive until Angley’s best friend, Cory Thornley, rushed to Frank’s home about 20 minutes later. Thornley had called Angley’s cellphone, but all he heard was groaning on the other end, so Thornley drove to the home on West Carson quickly.
“He scooped me up and brought me here,” Angley said about his trip to PMC.
Thornley had already called and alerted the emergency room crew at PMC so they were ready to move quickly when Angley arrived. He was given nitroglycerine and aspirin to stop the pain, and he is now on a Heparin drip to keep his blood thinned.
Once Angley was stable, the ER crew asked him if he had his insurance information. That’s when he discovered his wallet was missing.
Angley’s daughter Kelsey had arrived at the ER as well as his sister Colleen. They immediately returned to the driveway on West Carson to find the wallet. It had been tossed on the front seat with all the money removed.
“I thought I was going to throw up,” Kelsey said. “It’s bad enough someone took all of his money, but to just leave him there to die.”
Angley and his daughter have an extremely close bond, partially because her mother and Frank’s wife, Connie, died of cancer a few years ago.
“It’s just the two of us now,” Frank said as he rolled up his sleeve to reveal a memorial tattoo of Connie.
“This was my worst fear,” Kelsey said. “He had to be picked up out of the driveway.”
Frank is no stranger to PMC. He had his first heart attack in November 2013 and received four stents. It was followed by another episode in February of last year when he received three more stents. He’s also survived a stroke and an aneurism in his brain over the past several years.
“I’m pretty lucky to be alive,” Frank said. “If I had any money, I’d probably buy a lottery ticket.”
Frank has lived in Pocatello for 10 years, and he said he always felt like it was a good, safe community. A native of New York, Frank has lived in Minneapolis and in larger cities in California.
“I’ve lived all over the country, and I’ve never had anything like this happen in big cities,” he said.
Pocatello police met with Frank Friday night, but he doesn’t feel it’s likely anyone will be caught. Police told him they would check surveillance cameras at Duffy’s Bar and a service station, which are near his home.
“All I know is it was a man’s voice and that’s not much to go on,” Frank said.
An account has been set up at GoFundMe.com to help Frank Angley pay for his medical bills. Donations can be submitted at www.gofundme.com/pk7d8s.
http://idahostatejournal.com/members/pocatello-man-suffering-heart-attack-in-front-of-his-home/article_8bbf1780-d066-11e4-a868-23bf584e76eb.html
