“I took seventeen bullets in Vietnam, had four strokes and one heart attack...my medical bills made me homeless. The HOP van saved me.”
Ken drove 18 wheelers after two tours in Vietnam as a sniper. He and his wife of 25 years were in a truck accident that left Ken in a coma for eight months and the entire left side of his face destroyed, which was eventually rebuilt. Ken’s wife passed away a few years later from the effects of that accident.
Ken lost his job as a truck driver because of health related issues. The staff of Colorado Coalition for the Homeless’ Health Outreach Program met him in a Denver shelter. Their medical exam detected an imbalance in Ken’s medications and determined his diabetes was worsening. The Coalition has helped Ken with respite care through Stout Street Clinic.