Criminals Made Vietnam Veteran Homeless, Community Made Him Feel Loved

Bradenton Vietnam veteran gets break after criminals left him homeless
Bradenton.com
BY JAMES A. JONES JR.
January 23, 2015

'I didn't realize there are so many good people out there'

Margi Dawson with Turning Points hugs Dennis Moylan after he was presented with a mobile home Thursday at Pioneer Mobile Home Park in Bradenton. At right is John Smith with Turning Points. Moylan was left homeless in December after a suspect fleeing deputies crashed a stolen Cadillac Escalade into his mobile home destroying it.
GRANT JEFFERIES/Bradenton Herald

MANATEE -- A stolen Cadillac Escalade crashed into Dennis Moylan's trailer the day after Christmas and left him homeless.

Moylan, a 63-year-old Marine Corps veteran of fighting around Phu Bai and Quang Tri, Vietnam, had lived in the trailer for 14 years, making just enough as a groundskeeper at New College of Florida to pay his bills.

Somehow, even though his home was destroyed, Moylan wasn't injured.

"I think St. Joseph was in the back bedroom," he said.

Moylan didn't have any savings and didn't know what he would do. "I couldn't fathom something like this happening," he said.

On Thursday, Moylan choked up, overcome by emotion when he received a $3,000 donation from Bingoland through the nonprofit Turning Points. That money allowed him to become a homeowner again just a few doors down from his original home.
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