8:59 PM
Chris Hansen
What causes a person to become homeless? There’s the expected drug abuse, alcohol abuse, mental disorders, but those cannot be the only factors, can they? Everyone has his or her own unique story. I have volunteered a few times in soup kitchens and other homeless shelters, yet never took the time to ask those whom I was serving why they where there. I decided to ask a man that I served a meal to on how he got to where he was today. Instead of hearing “I drank too much”, “I got into bad habits” or “I had a gambling problem”, I heard a heart-wrenching story of how this man lost everything during Hurricane Katrina. His home, his possessions, and even his family were all taken away from him during this horrible experience. I listened to...
