“The medic crew used every blanket in the truck,” Vandalia Chief Chad Follick said.
Firefighters tried unsuccessfully to charge the wheelchair batteries, but then RTA “saved the day,” as Follick put it.
RTA officials sent a handicap-accessible van to get the couple home, and say their drivers make about 700 trips a day for riders with challenges.
“I don’t know what we would have done had they not shown up,” Follick said.
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