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Shrimp Basket employees save 78-year-old man's life by checking in when he missed daily visits
Shrimp Basket staff found a diabetic customer in critical condition after missed visits and called 911, helping him recover after a hospital stay and rehab.
- Shrimp Basket employees in Pensacola found 78-year-old Charlie Hicks on the floor after he missed visits for two days and summoned emergency help.
- Because he regularly came to Shrimp Basket, staff left his gumbo on the doorstep for two days, worried because `Mr. Hicks don't miss no days,` Stallworth told CBS News.
- Medical responders found Charlie Hicks, 78, diabetic and weak from dehydration after missed medication; he was taken to the hospital for severe dehydration, two broken ribs, and spent a week plus seven days in rehab.
- His niece Christina Neeper told the Pensacola News Journal that Donell Stallworth saved Charlie Hicks's life, Stallworth visited Hicks in hospital with his usual order, and Hicks has returned to his routine.
- The company responded by offering free gumbo Dec. 29 and the episode drew coverage from Today and local outlets in Pensacola.
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Shrimp Basket employees save 78-year-old man's life by checking in when he missed daily visits
Charlie Hicks, 78, orders the same thing twice a day from Shrimp Basket: Gumbo with rice and no crackers. When he missed a few days, employees got worried.
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