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NowPublic Exclusive: Vets Helping Vets

by AlvarezGalloso | February 17, 2009 at 09:55 am

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In Miami Florida in front of the Veterans Hospital, a group of Veterans have decided to help veterans who are homeless and hungry. While this has been ongoing in many areas of the USA, it is one of the few times that this was witnessed. The photos were taken on the 17th of February 2008 @ 12:30 EST.

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amyjudd

flagged this story as Eyewitness Report

at 15:04 on February 17th, 2009

This is an eyewitness report from the NowPublic member AlvarezGalloso who was on the scene.

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Rachel Nixon

at 10:15 on February 17th, 2009

Good catch. Is the problem of homelessness among veterans worsening as the economic crisis bites?

AlvarezGalloso

at 11:07 on February 17th, 2009

Thanks Rachel. I am working on the current statistics. The last ones from CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/07/02/homeless.veterans/index.html
reveal that according to the US Government [July 2008], there were "as many as 200,000 homeless veterans".

The above numbers were downplayed by Bill O'Reilly of FOX News according to GNN [Guerilla News Network]
http://www.gnn.tv/articles/3496/O_Reilly_Downplays_Number_of_Homeless_Veterans

Amy Judd

at 15:04 on February 17th, 2009

Good for them - and good pics.

JeffHuang

at 15:07 on February 17th, 2009

Thanks for the pics AlvarezGalloso

Pythiian1

at 16:00 on February 17th, 2009

Thanks for the report.

AlvarezGalloso

at 18:02 on February 17th, 2009

I would like to thank amyjudd, jeffHuang, Cypresso, and Pythiian 1 for your comments. I also want to thank amyjudd for flagging this as an eyewitness report.