A disabled combat medic and her son received keys Tuesday to a new home built and donated by volunteers.
News cameras followed the mom and son around as they toured their new house for the first time, but she welcomed the publicity for Operation Finally Home because she said there are many more veterans in need.
There was an Irving Police motorcycle escort as they arrived to tour the new home on South Britain Road in the oldest part of Irving. Other new construction is happening nearby. “This something we really want to do. We really want to be able to do something for the soldiers who have gotten the challenges in their life, for everything they’ve done,” Stopfer said.home completed by Operation Finally Home.The group’s North Texas leader Ronnie Lyles spoke about Velez’s service in Iraq at the ceremony.
“Every day is a new day. We never know what we're not going to get. We never know which contractor is not going to show up,” Walls said. “Some of them have gone out of business because of the whole stress and strain of the building industry right now.”“When people do stuff like this from their heart, it shows, and they've been really great,” she said.
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