Jerral Hancock received the keys to his new house on May 29, 2015, thanks to the assistance of Lancaster students the severely disabled veteran and his two kids might never have gotten out of their overcrowded trailer.
In 2013, Lancaster High School teacher Jamie Goodreau invited former Army Spec. Jerral Hancock to speak to his students. Hancock told them that while in Iraq his tank had been hit by an explosive, severely injuring him. In addition to suffering extensive burns and losing one arm as a result of the attack he was left paralyzed from the chest down.
Hancock was raising his two young children on his own, after his wife divorced him. They were staying in an overcrowded mobile home in which Hancock’s wheelchair wouldn’t even fit through his children’s bedroom door. The students found the wounded warrior’s story so moving that decided to do something to help and formed OATH, which stands for Operation All the Way Home.
They gave themselves the mission of give Jerral Hancock a handicapped accessible home. To fulfill their mission they raised money and with the help of a flyer printing service got the Lancaster community and the whole Antelope Valley involved. Actor Gary Sinise helped raise over $60,000 for the project.
The student’s fulfilled their mission and June 2015 finds Hancock and his kids in a beautiful house that is fully wheelchair-accessible and designed to fulfill all his physical needs.
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