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Donations pour in for El Paso soldier's family
Thieves made an Army wife's move back to town a bad one, taking her furniture, clothing, television and keepsakes from a moving van. But the victim, Brittany Adair, discovered that for every hard-hearted person, there are a dozen kind ones. Donations of money, furniture and food came pouring in after El Pasoans read about her misfortune.She and her 18-month-old son, Matthew, are awaiting her husband, a Fort Bliss soldier scheduled to return from Iraq in November. Adair spent Monday crying and wondering how she would be able to replace clothing, a baby crib, bedding and other personal items. On Tuesday, after a story about her appeared in the El Paso Times, she heard people talking about her on radio station KHRO-AM. To her surprise, they pledged donations to help her. Mrs. Adair's mover said she chose a level of theft insurance that did not cover the full cost of her belongings. Maj. Myles Caggins said the reason the Army did not cover costs of Adair's move from Houston to El Paso was because it has a policy limiting each soldier and his family to one paid move per Army post. He said the Army had already covered Adair's moving expenses once. This was Adair's second move to El Paso. She moved to Houston shortly after her husband was deployed to Iraq in November 2009. Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-07-21 |
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