Army vet works at supermarket after losing pension

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00:00It's not every day that an 88-year-old Army veteran goes viral on social media.

00:05Well, allow me to introduce you to the recently viral Ed Bombas. His story took off like wildfire

00:13after he revealed that he works 40 hours a week at a Michigan grocery store just to make ends meet

00:19after he lost his pension 13 years ago. Reminder, this guy is nearly 90 years old,

00:25putting in a full work week. Bombas retired from General Motors in 1999. In 2012,

00:31the company took away his pension as the auto giant suffered from the 2009 financial crisis.

00:37Remember all that auto bailout drama? Well, this is what the fallout looks like all these years later.

00:43Even with the loss of his pension, Bombas was doing okay in retirement, but he was forced to go back

00:48to work to help pay his sick wife's medical bills. But a chance encounter with an Australian influencer

00:55has turned everything around. The influencer opened up a GoFundMe page for Bombas, which as of

01:00Wednesday night had raised, are you ready? I don't think you're ready. Are you ready? Close to $1.3 million.