Police Purchase 92-Yr-Old A Heater When They Learn He Is Using His Oven For Warmth In Frigid Temperatures

Jan 31, 2020 by apost team

Police officers came together to help Louis C. Hicks, a resident of Austin and a 92-Year-Old WWII veteran. 

People who live long lives find themselves battling a dreaded enemy: inflation. A pension or social security check may prove not to be enough to cover the costs associated with maintaining a comfortable life.

Recently, the veteran found himself relying on his stove to stay warm during the frigid spell hitting the United States.

Ninety-two-year-old veteran Louis C. Hicks called the cops when he noticed tools missing from his shed. He wanted the police to do some investigating. When they arrived, however, they made an alarming discovery that made the elderly veteran burst into tears. 

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The police found the elderly man was relying on a gas stove to keep his home -- and himself -- warm.

Officer Chastity Salazar responded to the scene to take the initial police report. She would return not too long after, but not to follow up on the tool theft. She brought Mr. Hicks a free heater. Upon learning Mr. Hicks had no heat, Salazar informed her colleagues, and they chipped in to purchase one.

“That’s just what we do as police officers,” Salazar said in an interview with KVUE. “I had realized that he’s using the oven. I know that’s not safe. His gas is on.”

Neither Salazar nor her colleagues had to perform such a good deed. They did so out of the generosity of their hearts. Now, Louis C. Hicks can stay warm in a safer way.

" I've been asking for help and now it just came in. God is good."

Said Mr. Hicks of the ordeal in the interview with KVUE.

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