Air Force veteran and retired Will County Sheriff's deputy Bruce Suggs said his prayers had been answered when he was gifted a new roof for his home.
There’s a new roof going up on a house in south suburban Thornton.Normally, that’s not big news. But under this new roof, a remarkable story played out involving a military veteran with an ill granddaughter who got a helping hand from a local contractor.Bruce Suggs gets emotional when he talks about what his family is going through. Suggs spent six years in the Air Force, including action in the Gulf War. And then 15 years with the Will County Sheriff’s Office.
On Monday morning his prayers were answered, as a team of workers from Total Roofing and Construction began tearing off the old roof and putting new shingles and gutters on Suggs’ home, a job that would otherwise cost nearly $20,000. "Wow. It was like winning the lottery," said Suggs, shaking his head. "It was unbelievable."The new roof comes courtesy of the Owens Corning Roof Deployment Project, which since 2016 has put new roofs on the homes of 550 military veterans.
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