Hairdresser saves life of client
February 15, 2023
Ezra DeVore
A local hairdresser possibly saved the life of her 84-year-old client by knowing her routine and residence.
Early on a Friday morning, February 2, Aundrea Krallman had a haircut appointment with her longtime client, Mona Bower. Bower had called the day prior, inquiring about the road conditions and weather. Momentarily forgetting the steepness of Mona’s driveway, Aundrea reported that the roads should be fine as they were around her own home.
When Bower was a bit late, Aundrea began to worry, and as time crawled on, she eventually called Mona’s husband, Jim, to ask if she had left yet. When he said that she had, Aundrea called her own husband for input, who advised her to do a wellness check on Mona.
“And I thought, ‘Oh, Mrs. Mona is probably going to be upset that I called the cops to have somebody search for her,’” Aundrea laughed, “but I was worried about her. And I knew the instant that she wasn’t here, something was wrong.”
Calling the non-emergency line, Aundrea informed the police of the location of Mona’s rural home, and the search began.
“I started at 8 o’clock in the morning,” Mona Bower said, “not realizing how slick the driveway would be.”
The Bower driveway arches upward at the end, a difficult hill to drive up in frozen road conditions. Upon getting stuck at the uphill section, Bower reversed her vehicle and began to step out to see if she was yet nearing the deep embankment.
She, in fact, had and upon opening the door, slipped and fell over seven feet into it, now in an ice-coated ditch. Her cell phone was in her purse, on the passenger’s side of her vehicle, and Mona would await help for another two hours in 17° weather.
“I thought of crying, and then I just started praying. Okay, God, here I am, this little old lady stuck in a deep ditch. You molded me, you made me, and if this is my time, I’m ready to go.”
Unable to get traction, Mona lay there for a while, thinking to herself, “Well, ‘God helps those who help themselves,’” and eventually was able to get her toes against a fence post and began to pull herself up. “And about that time,” she says, “The officer showed up, and I said, ‘How did you know I needed you so?’ He said, ‘There are people and friends that love you and are concerned about you,’ which just melted me. And with his help, I got out.”
Covered in cuts, mud, ice, and bruised, Mona survived.
“It was a miracle, and this is the angel,” Bower said, nodding to Aundrea.
“We live in a time where everyone is more self-involved,” Aundrea began, “and they don’t pay attention to others. I take a true interest in people. If I am a nosy person, it paid off because I knew where she lived, and when she needed my help, I knew exactly where to tell the officers where to go. Active kindness is not handed out as often as it should be.”
A local hairdresser possibly saved the life of her 84-year-old client by knowing her routine and residence.
Early on a Friday morning, February 2, Aundrea Krallman had a haircut appointment with her longtime client, Mona Bower. Bower had called the day prior, inquiring about the road conditions and weather. Momentarily forgetting the steepness of Mona’s driveway, Aundrea reported that the roads should be fine as they were around her own home.
When Bower was a bit late, Aundrea began to worry, and as time crawled on, she eventually called Mona’s husband, Jim, to ask if she had left yet. When he said that she had, Aundrea called her own husband for input, who advised her to do a wellness check on Mona.
“And I thought, ‘Oh, Mrs. Mona is probably going to be upset that I called the cops to have somebody search for her,’” Aundrea laughed, “but I was worried about her. And I knew the instant that she wasn’t here, something was wrong.”
Calling the non-emergency line, Aundrea informed the police of the location of Mona’s rural home, and the search began.
“I started at 8 o’clock in the morning,” Mona Bower said, “not realizing how slick the driveway would be.”
The Bower driveway arches upward at the end, a difficult hill to drive up in frozen road conditions. Upon getting stuck at the uphill section, Bower reversed her vehicle and began to step out to see if she was yet nearing the deep embankment.
She, in fact, had and upon opening the door, slipped and fell over seven feet into it, now in an ice-coated ditch. Her cell phone was in her purse, on the passenger’s side of her vehicle, and Mona would await help for another two hours in 17° weather.
“I thought of crying, and then I just started praying. Okay, God, here I am, this little old lady stuck in a deep ditch. You molded me, you made me, and if this is my time, I’m ready to go.”
Unable to get traction, Mona lay there for a while, thinking to herself, “Well, ‘God helps those who help themselves,’” and eventually was able to get her toes against a fence post and began to pull herself up. “And about that time,” she says, “The officer showed up, and I said, ‘How did you know I needed you so?’ He said, ‘There are people and friends that love you and are concerned about you,’ which just melted me. And with his help, I got out.”
Covered in cuts, mud, ice, and bruised, Mona survived.
“It was a miracle, and this is the angel,” Bower said, nodding to Aundrea.
“We live in a time where everyone is more self-involved,” Aundrea began, “and they don’t pay attention to others. I take a true interest in people. If I am a nosy person, it paid off because I knew where she lived, and when she needed my help, I knew exactly where to tell the officers where to go. Active kindness is not handed out as often as it should be.”