However, one or two things signalled to the boys the man needed help and, after trying the locked front door, Daniel phoned his father, Detective Jon McKenzie.
"A colleague and I gained access to the house and called an ambulance. The gentleman wasn't in a good way," Mr McKenzie said.
"The doctor who tended to the man told us if he had been left on the floor one more night, he may not have made it."
Since the man returned home, he and family members who had travelled from far and wide to help with his recovery had met Daniel and Simon.
"The family described the boys as angels," Mr McKenzie said.