An 88-year-old Army veteran working at a grocery store in suburban Detroit will now get to retire thanks to strangers.
Earlier this week, kindness social media influencer Samuel Weidenhofer (@itssozer) posted a video about Ed Bambas, asking people to donate so that the man can get back to retirement.
Bambas retired from General Motors back in 1999, but his pension was gone when the company filed for bankruptcy in 2012.
Thanks to the influencer’s post, Bambas has $1.3-million in the bank and can get the rest he deserves.
Weidenhofer will surprise Bambas with the money in a few days and says, “Now, thanks to the generosity of this unbelievable community, Ed can finally stop worrying about survival. He can live the life he always dreamed of, and do so with the peace and comfort he’s earned after years of struggle.”