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00:00 The dangerous heat gripping the nation this summer has felled two new victims.
00:04 Ramona and Monoway Ison were high school sweethearts.
00:07 They were married for 52 years.
00:10 Their daughter, Roxanna Flood, tells Inside Edition that the air conditioner stopped working
00:14 at her parents' home just outside Houston.
00:17 They were given an estimate, I think, for a simple repair of about $1,400 to $1,600.
00:23 But the Isons were too proud to ask their family for money to pay for the repairs.
00:28 They were on a fixed income with Social Security and my dad had just a small pension.
00:32 They hadn't told the family what had happened.
00:36 They were very independent.
00:37 Instead, they applied for a $2,000 loan from a local credit union.
00:42 Four days later, the loan was approved.
00:44 With the money finally in hand, they called an air conditioner repairman who agreed to
00:48 come over the next day.
00:50 Tragically though, it was too late.
00:52 A neighbor discovered their bodies along with their dog.
00:55 Did the heat kill them?
00:56 Was that the cause of death?
00:58 Yeah, hyperthermia.
01:00 Roxanna believes her parents were living in a virtual oven.
01:03 Maybe they didn't know what was happening to them.
01:05 They didn't.
01:06 After reading about the effects of how quickly it goes from just being overheated to heat
01:11 exhaustion, heat stroke, it just hit them fast.
01:14 I wish they would have asked for help.
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