An elderly man from Texas Donald Johnson is making the waves online after a video of him surfaced showing him struggling to carry heavy bags up a flight of stairs. The 81-year-old man was seen physically struggling to deliver luggage to pay the medical bills while his wife is battling cancer. The video deeply moved people and kind strangers helped raise nearly $250K, according to media reports. The GoFundMe has raised over $281,000 that will help Johnson's wife pay for her cancer treatments and allow Don to retire and take care of her.
Donald Johnson works as an independent contractor, delivering lost luggage to people's homes. He was doing the grueling work when Dallas-Fort Worth area resident saw him struggling with some of the heavier bags. “The other day, my door cam caught an 81-year-old man slowly and painstakingly carrying my heavy luggage that had been lost on a recent flight up a steep flight of stairs. He looked absolutely exhausted, and his steps were heavy with effort,” Howell wrote on GoFundMe. “It completely broke my heart to see a man of his age doing such intense, grueling physical labor. “The reality is that he isn’t working by choice; he is working for survival,” Howell added.
A stranger's GoFundMe helps Donald Johnson
After speaking to Donald Johnson, she realised that Johnson started doing his luggage job three years ago to help pay for his wife. Josephine is battling cancer and the couple has been together for 57 years now. When Howell asked Johnson why he works such a physically demanding job, he told her, "It's the only job that will hire me." Johnson started doing his luggage job three years ago to help pay for his wife, Josephine, who is battling cancer. The couple has been together for 57 years.
