80-Year-Old Wisconsin Man Loses Car Downtown ... For a Week

ST. PAUL, MN —After an 80-year-old Wisconsin man spent days looking for his lost car in Downtown St. Paul, a cab driver came to his rescue - and never gave up.

According to the Polk County Sheriff's department, the 80-year-old man, who asked that he not be named publicly, parked in a parking ramp downtown and walked several blocks to his appointment. When he returned to the parking ramp, he was unable to locate his vehicle. He spent approximately five hours searching numerous parking ramps in the area without success. Exhausted and frustrated, he secured a motel room downtown with hopes of a renewed search the next day.

On Tuesday, December 5, he again began searching, but found himself quickly exhausted from the walking. He hailed a nearby cab and requested a ride back to his home near Amery.

According to Sheriff's officials, that cab was from All City Cab LLC, owned by Kay Hanson of Minneapolis. The cab driver was Kay’s daughter, Sheryl Hanson. Sheryl would later explain that she knew right away the man was in need of some help. She did provide him that ride home, and spoke to him at great length during the trip. He provided her details of where he believed his car to be, and asked her if she could keep an eye out for it. She stated she would do better, and would actively search for it during her travels. He provided her the key for the car, and asked her to bring it to him if she found it.

According to the Polk County Sheriff, on Monday, Dec. 11, at 1:00 a.m., Sheryl Hanson was making a second trip through one of at least twelve parking ramps downtown she had already searched when at last she spotted the vehicle. She called the owner right away, and told him she would return it that same afternoon. At 3:00 p.m., Sheryl and Kay Hanson delivered the car to him at his home.

Sheryl and Kay both identify themselves as Christian women who know God works in our lives at all times, sheriff's officials said. Sheryl stated she prayed for God to use her to help this man in his time of need, and although she had already been in that particular ramp, she made a second trip. Sheryl was as pleased to return the car, as the owner was to get it back.

Image Via Polk County Sheriff's Department