Vietnam Veteran with cancer left of the street to die

WONDERFUL UPDATE

Strangers buy homeless vet a new wheelchair
KTAR News
By Mark and Monica
Originally published: Oct 24, 2013

ABC 15 News viewers came to the aid of a Valley homeless man who has terminal cancer. Ken Yarbrough, a 66-year-old veteran, can be seen in his wheelchair near 24th Street and the Loop 202. Unfortunately, his wheelchair has seen better days -- it's missing a tire.

That's where ABC viewer Cindy Liska, who brings Ken food and water, comes in to play. Cindy told her friend Ruth about Ken's story, and Ruth decided buy him an electric scooter.
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He is a veteran. He has cancer. He is homeless. Up until recently he had no one that cared. If you never paid attention to homeless veterans before, this story will touch that one small part of your heart that has room to care.

Lord knows just reading a story about other homeless veterans hasn't made that much of a difference to most people but I have more faith in readers of Wounded Times.

Kindness of a stranger touches a homeless Valley veteran
ABC News 15
By: Sara Goldenberg
October 19, 2013

PHOENIX - The kindness of a stranger is touching the life of a homeless veteran here in Phoenix.

A Valley woman is reaching out to help with more than spare change, and she hopes others will think twice about doing the same.

If you pass by 24th Street and Loop 202, you might just see 66-year-old Ken Yarbrough sitting near the bridge in his wheelchair.

It's an image Cindy Liska couldn't ignore. So she stopped by with warm food and a friendly smile. "And his eyes just lit up, and he was very grateful for the food. And it touched my heart, that sincerity in him," she said.

Since then, Cindy started checking in on the Vietnam veteran a few times a week. But she soon learned there was one thing food and water couldn't cure.

"He said to say a prayer for him, that he was dying, that he had cancer," she said.

It's something Ken's come to terms with.

"I'm not going to be here a lot longer," he said.

He's been homeless for years and he says the struggle is getting harder every day.

"I'd like to have a normal life like everybody else, you know. A place to live, and food in the refrigerator. The whole thing," he said.
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