Deep concern is followed by real relief.
Even though he found him weakened and hospitalized at the Toulon military hospital, David could still hug his father, while José Azoulay, a 78-year-old pensioner with Alzheimer’s disease, had been missing since Sunday afternoon.
At the Cannes station, the 70-year-old had boarded the TGV to Paris Gare de Lyon at 2:24 pm, where another relative was to welcome him.
But the traveler, entrusted to the care of the SNCF assistance for people in difficulty, never got off the dock at the terminus. As the train stopped at three other stations (Saint-Raphaël, Toulon, Aix-en-Provence), the search promised to be particularly extensive for his family, starting with his son David who lives in Cannes-La-Bocca.
“He was taken for a homeless man”
“In principle, my mother was supposed to accompany my father to Paris, but she had to be rushed to Cannes. For this we called the SNCF service, thinking that he would be placed under surveillance in a special car, to prevent him. to get off before the Terminus. Unfortunately, that’s exactly what happened! “
Following the search notice issued by Good morning this Tuesday, Gérard Azoulay was finally located in Toulon, where the unfortunate one wandered for two days.
“People saw him on boulevard de Strasbourg, ringing on all intercoms. But with his suitcase and his bewildered look, they mistook him for a homeless man, still tells his son. He had to sleep where he could and then fell on the station forecourt, and the firefighters took him to the military hospital. He is tired and hurt a little while falling, but without that fall I don’t know what state we would have found him in … “David sighs.
The latter also remains in Toulon with his father, placed under observation. After going through all the emotions.
