Video: 88-year-old Army vet to retire after internet raises $1.5 million for him
An 88-year-old Army veteran is finally going to be able to retire after a viral video of him working at a Meijer grocery store led to internet users contributing over $1.5 million on a GoFundMe page.
The story of Ed Bambas, an 88-year-old Army veteran, was recently shared in a viral video on social media after Samuel Weidenhofer, an Australian positivity influencer, recorded him working at a Meier grocery store in Brighton, Michigan. Bambas told Weidenhofer that he works “five days a week, eight hours a day” because he doesn’t “have enough income.
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