Sunday, May 30, 2010
Associated Press
ELYRIA, Ohio
Police in Northeast Ohio say they’re looking for thieves who stole a wheelchair ramp from a woman’s home, and a local business is offering to replace it with a free upgrade.
Cordelia Simpson, 34, said she discovered Thursday morning that someone had stolen the 10-foot wooden ramp leading from the porch to the sidewalk at her rental home in Elyria.
Simpson suffers from bone deterioration and weakness in her legs. She can walk short distances but uses an electric wheelchair for longer ones.
John Wright of American Ramp Services in North Olmsted said Saturday that he would replace the stolen ramp with a $4,000 steel one.
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