CURRENT EVENT BY LAURA WALTON
ORIGINAL STORY BY BEN BRUMFIELD
John Helinski was homeless and nameless for three years. No
identification, no Social Security card and only a box to live on. Suddenly,
he's set to buy his own place and collect a nice pension. Helinski hit it big
thanks to the Social Security Administration, and a big-hearted cop and a case
worker determined to untangle major bureaucracy. The process was pretty tedious
having to find his birth certificate even though he is polish born and had his
original papers stolen. A ribbon in the sky allowed John to remember that he
had a bank account in Landmark Bank which is now Bank of America. John was
excited to learn that his account has grown over years and now he plans on
buying a home. This is important to US HISTORY because it proves that as many
scary stories there are about social security, this story shows that good
things can happen when working with the system.
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