Korean War veteran needs help after house is damaged by fire...

I saw this story on WBRZ's news the other night. It's sad that an old guy like this can't afford to fix his house after it burned.

FWIW, I don't know this man or his family. There's a link to a GoFundMe page in the story linked below. I've donated a few bucks but since I don't do FaceBook, which they ask people to link to spread the word, I thought I'd try to get the word out to all the ballers on the O-T Board.

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"My neighbor knocked on my window there, said your house is on fire!" he recalled. "Okay, I said, we better get out of here then!"

The Korean War vet made it out alive, but has had to spend every last dollar he had to fix his house. A month later, there's still no electricity.

"That's life when you live life without insurance, you take that calculated risk that it's not going to happen to you," he said.

When Les's wife died of a long-term illness in 1995, the medical expenses were so high that he could no longer afford home insurance.

Les has had to rely on the kindness of friends, and help from his daughter Stephanie to get the house where it is now.

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