For Clarence Blackmon, a simple ham sandwich was a feast of human kindness.
"It was like a little miracle ringing in my ear, I thought Jesus you have answered those prayers," he said.
At just over 115 pounds, it is no stretch to say Blackmon is skin and bones, and cancer.
"I got critical cancer," he said.
After months in the hospital for cancer treatment and rehab, Blackmon came home recently to an empty refrigerator, and literally nothing to eat. Hungry and desperate, he called 911.
"What I need is someone to get to the grocery store and bring me some food because I have to eat something," he said. "Whatever you can do to help; I can't do anything. I can't go anywhere, I can't get out of my damn chair."
That 911 operator, Marilyn Hinson, along with Fayetteville Police, answered his call for help in person, with some groceries.
"He was hungry. I've been hungry. A lot of people can't say that, but I have. I cannot stand to see anyone go hungry," said Hinson.
Blackmon's need was simple: a head of cabbage, some cans of beans and beets, popcorn, tomato juice and soft drinks - enough to get him through the next few days. He's not sure what he will do after that. But on this day a guardian angel made sure Clarence Blackmon didn't go to bed hungry.
Blackmon will never have to make that call again. He says he'll soon have a home nurse who will be checking up on him twice a week.
