A Navy veteran who spent years wrecking his knees on airport tarmac has been handed more than $180,000 by strangers – after a passer-by filmed him limping and asked the internet to help.
James Blair, 64, works as a fuel mechanic at John Wayne Airport in Orange County, California. Decades of physical labor had left his knees badly damaged, but he kept working despite the pain.
LaCinda Thackeray, a traveler from Utah who was in California for a funeral, spotted him struggling to walk across the tarmac and pulled out her phone. She posted a short clip to TikTok asking if anyone recognized him.
“I just saw somebody who needed a little bit of support and love and kindness,” she told KSL.com…