Bill Lewis is sure he would have died if a stranger hadn鈥檛 come to his aid.

鈥淚 don鈥檛 even know his name,鈥� Lewis, an 84-year-old widower who lives in Langley, said.

Now, he wants to say thank you.

Lewis fell and fractured his right hip during a Halloween night snowfall outside his home in the Livingstone RV Park at 23141 72 Ave. in Langley, where the widower has lived for six years.

He described how he returned home in his car on Oct. 31, and got out with the walker he relies upon since both of his knee joints, and both hip joints, were replaced.

鈥淚t was snowing when I left,鈥� Lewis told the Langley Advance Times.

鈥淲hen I left, it wasn鈥檛 so bad, but coming back, there was about an inch.鈥�

Just before he reached the entrance ramp to his front door, a wheel of the walker hit an unseen rut, and Lewis tripped and fell down, breaking his hip.

鈥滻t got stuck, and I went back, and the whole thing [walker] went over my head. It tossed me on the ground,鈥� he described.

He couldn鈥檛 phone for help because he鈥檇 left his cell phone at home.

鈥淚鈥檓 bad for forgetting things,鈥� Lewis admitted.

Lewis was on the ground between two trailers, in the snow, in dark clothing on a dark evening, out of sight of most passers-by.

鈥滻 couldn鈥檛 move that much afterwards, because the pain was so bad,鈥� Lewis said.

鈥淚 was shouting and waving, but there was only one one or two cars driving past, and they鈥檙e not looking at me, because it鈥檚 snowing.鈥�

He remembers his teeth chattering, and his back freezing, because of the snow and moisture.

鈥淚 honestly thought I was going to die. I was just shivering and shivering and shivering.鈥�

He estimates he was on the ground for about an hour, until a man walking past spotted Lewis and came to his aid.

鈥淗e saved me from getting too cold,鈥� Lewis recalled.

鈥淗e went inside my trailer, took the blankets and came back out and covered me up, so I wasn鈥檛 so cold, then.鈥�

His rescuer called 911.

Paramedics arrived, loaded Lewis into an ambulance, wrapped him in warm blankets, and took him to hospital, where he spent more than two months in rehab.

鈥淚t still hurts a little bit,鈥� Lewis said of his injury.

鈥淚鈥檓 not saying I鈥檓 used to it, because I鈥檓 not.鈥�

He wishes he had thought to ask his Good Samaritan鈥檚 name.

鈥淚 was delirious, right?鈥� he explained.

His rescuer, he recalled, did tell him that he was living just up the street from Lewis, but it appears they had moved on, and taken their trailer with them, by the time Lewis had returned to his home.

He鈥檚 hoping his rescuer will see this story, and know how grateful he is.

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鈥淚鈥檓 thankful that he found me because I was thinking, well, is this the way I鈥檓 gonna go? I didn鈥檛 know, because I was getting so cold,鈥� Lewis related.

鈥淚t鈥檚 just possible I could have died there, because I was saying to myself if nobody comes, and I can鈥檛 move, I鈥檓 finished.鈥�

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He also wanted to make a public thank-you to the paramedics who 鈥渟ort of got me in gentle鈥� to the ambulance, as well as the hospital and rehab staff.