LADY SAVED BY A MYSTERY NURSE IN A RESTAURANT WHO JUST CANT BE TRACED

THE D'APPOLLONIOS AND DeSANTIS, 2ND RIGHT

A Phoenix family birthday celebration dinner at a Scottsdale restaurant last Saturday, December 5, nearly ended up as the opposite, a mourning party, if not for the presence of a complete stranger who turned out to be a nurse and like the good Samaritan, helped to save the day.

Speaking, Al D’Appollonio said the family was at the Sumo Maya restaurant Saturday evening, just about finishing the dinner in celebration of his wife’s birthday when he noticed that his mother-in-law, Irene DeSantis was looking vacantly into the air and he called the attention of his wife who was sitting beside her.

He said he thereafter went round to where she sat and when she remained unresponsive, he laid her on the floor so that family members could help render first aid. Al D’Appollonio says it was in the process of doing this that a woman walked over to them and introduced herself as a nurse asking if she could assist them.

D'Appollonio then started chest compressions on DeSantis while the nurse performed mouth to mouth resuscitation until paramedics called by someone from the restaurant arrived and took DeSantis away on a stretcher. She had, however, before that started breathing again on her own. D'Appollonio and the rest of the family accompanied the ambulance workers outside and, in the commotion, never got the identity of the strange nurse.

DeSantis was discharged from the hospital some three hours later with no apparent condition and in good health and now the family wants to meet the mysterious Good Samaritan who helped save their mother’s life and disappeared without a trace.

The family has tried to trace the mystery lady who they feel they owe gratitude but unfortunately no success has been made as even the restaurant general manager cannot locate the woman.

D'Appollonio's wife has written an open letter to the "Angel Nurse," in The Arizona Republic newspaper which ran on Wednesday expressing regret for not thanking her and appreciation for her life saving assistance. They hope a reader may know the mystery nurse and pass their gratitude to her.