Neighbors raise $125K to help help 94-year-old WWII veteran after house fire

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Neighbors raise $125K to help help 94-year-old WWII veteran after house fire
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94-year-old veteran Paul Roberts is feeling grateful after surviving a devastating house fire, thanks to the kindness of his neighbors.

SHIP BOTTOM, New Jersey --"I've had a good life, oh, I've really had a good life," said 94-year-old Paul Roberts.

"I seen smoke coming in the bathroom door," he said."I took one breath and I knew right away I would never take a second breath and live." "I had an old pair of work jeans. They don't fit him too good, but at least he had pants and a shirt to wear," he said."It's what he would have done for me if I was in his situation."

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