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The Nome Nugget
Nome, Nome County, Alaska
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James Schaefer, 68-year-old retired machinist, suffered a paralytic stroke while sunbathing at Crandon Park beach in Miami, Florida. He lay helpless for two days under intense sun, unnoticed by hundreds of bathers, until a church picnic group spotted him Friday evening and called police. Hospitalized in serious condition with stroke and second-degree burns.
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MIAMI. Fla., James Schaefer, 68-year-old retired machinist who lay helpless for two days under a broiling sun after suffering a paralytic stroke, was in serious condition in a Miami hospital today.
Schaefer suffered a stroke Thursday morning while sunbathing at Crandon Park beach.
All day Thursday and through Friday, he lay on the sand, unable to move or ask for help.
Hundreds of bathers played on the beach around him but none noticed his plight.
The sun shone hotly both days and temperatures climbed into the high 80s.
Finally, Friday evening, a group attending a church picnic saw that something was wrong with Schaeffer and called police.
He was rushed to a hospital in serious condition from the stroke and second degree burns inflicted by the sun.
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Crandon Park Beach, Miami, Florida
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Thursday Morning Through Friday Evening
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James Schaefer suffered a paralytic stroke while sunbathing at Crandon Park beach, lay helpless and unnoticed for two days under intense sun, until a church picnic group spotted him Friday evening and alerted police, leading to his hospitalization in serious condition with stroke and second-degree burns.