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Project Lifesaver brings father back home
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Magina Bullock changes the battery of a Project Lifesaver bracelet for Allen Thompson, who is in the early stages of Alzehimer's disease. The bracelet tracks the wearer's location, allowing the Bulloch County Sheriff's Office to find him should he get disoriented. - photo by CHARLES CRAVEY/special
Allen Thompson is in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease. At age 83, he decided one day last year to take a trip in his pickup truck and wound up lost, unable to find his way back home. A missing person’s request went out, and Allen was rescued thanks to new technology used by the Bulloch County Sheriff’s Office in cooperation with the Pilot Club of Statesboro.
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