An elderly couple apparently took advantage of their knowledge of Morse code to escape from their assisted living facility in Tennessee in the United States.
The married couple, whose names were withheld, broke out of a secured memory unit at the Elmcroft facility in Wilson County’s Lebanon on March 2, as per The Tennesseanyesterday, April 30.
While they were only lost for around 30 minutes, their brief escape on March 2 was made possible because of their Morse code experience, according to court documents from the Tennessee Board for Licensing Health Care Facilities, as cited by the newspaper.
The two, who have dementia and Alzheimer’s, were only found after a stranger spot…
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