Dillon is 90 years old and pushes shopping carts in front of a shop to earn some money. A former presenter sees the old man and collects money for him.
A moving story that gives hope: 90-year-old veteran Dillon McCormick works to earn a living despite his advanced age and difficult conditions. This is reported by the New York Post.
He pushes shopping carts in front of a store. McCormick, a former member of the US Air Force, even has to walk over a mile to work because he doesn’t have a car.
One holiday, former news anchor Karen Swensen is shopping in this supermarket and sees the pensioner pushing the shopping carts together in the sweltering heat. She feels sorry for the old man and speaks to him.
“When I heard that McCormick had no choice but to work at the store, I was deeply shocked,” Swensen told the New York Post. Swensen, who previously worked at WWL-TV in New Orleans, started a fundraiser that was an immediate success. “Mr. McCormick works to eat,” she wrote on the fundraising page.
He needs $2,500 (€2,300) a month to live, but only receives $1,100 from social security. That’s why he has to push shopping carts to make ends meet. By Wednesday evening, $222,545 (€205,000) had been raised on the GoFundMe page, and by Sunday it had already reached $244,471.
Swensen is thrilled. “It was simply a confirmation of faith in humanity.” Dillon McCormick can hardly believe his luck either.
Just recently, there was also an impressive story about a nine-year-old boy from the US state of Louisiana who gave his only dollar to a man he thought was homeless. In the end, he received a rich reward.
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