Medical alert protects elderly woman in burglary

Here’s a great story you don’t hear every day.

An elderly woman who had a medical alert system was able to activate the system when a burglar broke into her home. She heard glass breaking and hid, then pressed the medical alert button.

In this case it sounds like she had a monitored medical alert service, and the operator who handled the emergency call was able to take quick action to alert the police and the woman’s daughter, who lived nearby.

Full story:

http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2011/09/09/2592511/womans-alert-necklace-stops-burglary.html