When it comes to remaining warm during the chilly winter months, desperate
times call for desperate methods.
The 92-year-old World War II veteran Louis C. Hicks heated his Austin,
Texas house using an unusual and risky method: his gas stove and oven.
When the cops learned how he was staying warm, they intervened and provided
assistance.
It is quite important. Since the 1940s, I've been striving to do the
following things: I've been requesting assistance. And just now, it entered.
He declared, "God is good.
Hicks reported his shed's stolen tools to the police by dialing 911 in
2019. Officer Chasity Salazar discovered Hicks' heat source when she went to
his house to finish the police report.
"I saw he was using the oven. I am aware that is unsafe. He has the gas
on.
Hicks had been heating his house with his stove and oven. He would blow the
heated air about with a fan.
He had been using a heater up until that point, but after it burnt a hole
in the floor, he changed to something even riskier.
How sweet is this?! @Austin_Police is delivering a free heater to a 92-year-old World War II veteran! An officer who responded to his house last week noticed he was heating it with his stove and oven. Thanks to these officers, he won’t need to do that anymore. 😊 @KVUE pic.twitter.com/rCvwclXuVW
— Pattrik Perez (@PattrikPerez) January 29, 2019
Despite the fact that I am a real veteran, Hicks knew he needed assistance:
"You hate to ask anyone because sometimes they'll frown on you. No, I won't.
I won't inquire.
But he was simply unable.
Thankfully, Salazar saw his need and gently attended to him.
Salazar and Officer Bino Cadenas were able to surprise Hicks with an
electric fireplace thanks to the assistance of her coworkers at the Austin
Police Department and a number of charitable organizations.
He declared, "I've never had someone do anything for me. "Nobody ever did
anything to help me when my mother passed away and left me to care for my
two sisters," I said.
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