Hero “neighbor” lives in his car

Hero “neighbor” lives in his car
January 2, 2011 posted by Chaplain Kathie
This headline sounds like a good story as it is but it only gets better from here. One of the neighbors, it turns out, is no longer living in the building. He’s living in his car.

Neighbors rescue man from blaze
An evicted former tenant is among those who help pull the resident to safety
By Gordon Y.K. Pang
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 30, 2010
Infamous as a drug haven, Kalihi’s Akepo Lane can now also be called the home of a hero.
An elderly man was rescued from his burning first-floor studio apartment at Akepo and North King Street by neighbors late Tuesday night.
The man who stepped into the apartment to pull out the victim was Gerald Arthur, 61, who had lived in the building himself until he was evicted about three months ago.
“I lost my job, my old lady lost hers, we couldn’t pay the rent,” Arthur said. He moved into his car, “the Honda Inn,” parked a few hundred yards down Akepo. His girlfriend, who he said is suffering from cancer, is now staying with family in Ewa Beach.
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Hero “neighbor” lives in his car