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Today.com
Vietnam vet
gets new wheelchair after Lowe's employees help him
Jeffrey Donovan
July 16, 2014
Michael Sulsona had no idea a trip to Lowe’s would end up changing his
life.
The Marine Corps veteran, who lost both legs after stepping on a
landmine in Vietnam in 1971, says he’d waited two years for the
Department of Veterans Affairs to send him a new wheelchair. It finally
arrived at his New York City home yesterday after the 62-year-old’s
story went viral following a random act of kindness.
Sulsona was shopping at a Lowe’s on Staten Island when a bolt snapped
on his old wheelchair last week.
Three employees stepped forward to repair the broken wheelchair. A
photo was snapped of the legless Sulsona watching from a nearby chair.
The story then caught fire on the Internet after he wrote a letter to a
local paper. Days later, Sulsona opened his door to discover that the
VA finally had delivered a new wheelchair.
The VA did not immediately respond to requests from TODAY.com for
comment. Buzzfeed cited a spokesman for the New York Veterans’
Association as confirming that the VA had delivered Sulsona a new
wheelchair and would service it...
Read the rest of the story at Today.com
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