Community steps in after thieves steal from hospitalized Walker County veteran

COMMUNITY IS HELPING HIM GET WHAT HE NEEDS BEFORE HE COMES HOME. >> THEY TOOK EVERYTHING. MARY: JUST ONE DAY BEFORE INDEPENDENCE DAY, THIEVES STEALING FROM AN AMPUTEE, NAVY VETERAN IN WALKER COUNTY. >> IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE SOMEBODY IS THAT LOW. MARY: THE VET HAS BEEN IN THE HOSPITAL SINCE FEBRUARY. HIS FAMILY REALIZED THINGS AT HIS HOME WERE MISSING. >> HIS TRUCK WAS TAKEN, THEY STOLE OFFICE FURNITURE, STOLE HIS WASHER AND DRYER. THEY PRETTY MUCH TOOK EVERYTHING HE HAD. MARY: THEY EVEN TOOK HIS RAMP AND HIS AC. JEREMY HOGAN IS WITH SAFE AND FORGOTTEN WARRIORS. THE NONPROFIT STEPPED IN TO HELP, WITH CREWS CLEANING UP THE HOUSE OVER THE WEEKEND. >> IF WE CANNOT SERVE OTHERS, WE ARE MISSING THE POINT. MARY: THIS IS THE PILE OF DEBRIS CLEANED UP BY A TEAM OVER THE WEEKEND. MY SPOKE TO HIM OVER THE HOME, HE SAID SUPPORT FROM PRACTICALLY STRANGERS HAS BEEN OVERWHELMING. VOLUNTEERS AND VETERANS STANDING BY ONE OF THEIR OWN. >> IF WE CAN BRING HIM HOME AND GIVE HIM JUST A LITTLE BIT OF THAT AMERICAN DREAM, THAT'S WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO. MARY: THIS HOUSE BECOMES A HOME FOR A VET WHO FOUGHT

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