Canada: Elderly tourist nearly killed by falling scaffold in Toronto

Posted on June 10, 2013 • Filed under: Canada, Tourist Injured

According to a globalnews.ca report, a 77-year-old Ohio man says he’ll be forever grateful to actor John Malkovich for coming to his rescue during a frightening incident in Toronto. According to multiple media reports, Jim Walpole and his wife Marilyn, 79, were visiting the city on Thursday as part of a cross-Canada tour. Walpole said they’d just finished dinner at a downtown restaurant and were walking back to the King Edward hotel when he tripped and fell on a piece of scaffolding that gashed his neck. Read article

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