Vermisster D-Day-Veteran schafft Flucht nach Normandie

Ein Rentner, der aus einem Pflegeheim in East Sussex verschwunden war, wurde wohlbehalten gefunden – zum Gedenken an die D-Day-Landungen in der Normandie.

Police said staff at the Hove nursing home called them yesterday evening when the WWII veteran did not return after going for a walk.

It was not until a younger veteran called to say he met the pensioner on a coach to France and that he was safe at a hotel in Ouistreham.

It turned out the 89-year-old man had left the facility wearing a grey mack concealing a jacket underneath with his war medals attached.

Sussex Police said they have spoken to him and “are satisfied that the pensioner is fine”, adding: “Once the pensioner is home we will go and have a chat with him to check he is ok.

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Quelle: https://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-06-06/d-day-veteran-pulls-off-nursing-home-escape/