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Liam Buckler

Blind dad forced to sell mops on street to feed kids gets £99,000 from complete strangers

A blind dad forced to sell mops on streets to feed his kids after being evicted from his home has been gifted $120,000 (£99,000) from strangers.

Sebastian Ibanez, from Mesa in Arizona, US, struggled to find work as he was blind and partially deaf with many employers refusing to give the dad a job.

He resorted to selling brooms and mops on the street in 2015 to help support his wife, who has cancer, and his three kids.

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