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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Regyl Jaen

Doorbell Camera Catches 81-Year-Old Working 14-Hour Shifts for Wife's Cancer Bills, Then Strangers Raise $281K

An 81-year-old Texas man kept working as his wife battled cancer—until doorbell footage moved strangers to help. (Credit: Screenshots via TikTok: Help Don Retire)

An 81-year-old Texas man who has worked shifts as long as 14 hours delivering lost luggage to help pay for his wife's cancer treatment may finally be able to stop working after strangers rallied around his story and poured more than $281,000 into his fundraiser.

Donald Johnson, of The Colony, Texas, was captured on a doorbell camera struggling to carry heavy luggage up a steep flight of stairs to Erin Howell's home. The footage prompted Howell to learn more about the elderly delivery driver and his difficult circumstances.

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