Margaret Galloway.Photo:Collier County Sheriff’s Office/Facev
Collier County Sheriff’s Office/Facev
An elderly woman was found alive in a garage six days after she disappeared in her Florida community.
Margaret Gallawaywas found “safe”Sunday afternoon inside a Crown Pointe resident’s garage, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office.
“My youngest daughter says she’s our miracle mama,” Michael Gallaway, the woman’s husband, toldNaples Daily News.
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One family, which was out of town when the search began, reviewed their footage and spotted an unknown object in front of a garage across the street at about 3:25 p.m. local time, Goldhorn said.
Though the homeowner of the garage was out of town, authorities made contact with his daughter, who provided a garage code to get inside.
That’s when they found Galloway, who is a “non-verbal dementia patient.” Goldhorn said she was cooperative and spoke her first words in months.
Galloway did not appear to have access to food, though she may have consumed a Vitamin Water while inside the garage.
“Doctors said if they didn’t find her yesterday, she would not have survived,” Galloway’s daughter Maureen Taylor said at a press conference on Sunday “So we are so thankful to the dedication to this department.”
The elderly woman was transported to a local hospital, according to the CCSO.
“As we know, a lot of times, these types of incidents don’t turn out in this manner,” CCSO Colonel Jim Bloom said Sunday. “So we feel very fortunate that it did and we are very grateful for the hard work.”
Speaking on behalf of her family, Taylor thanked crews for their efforts to find Galloway safe and sound.
source: people.com
