- Marc Shirley tore his bicep while vounteering for Habitat for Humanity.
- He asked for an apology and $796.05, the amount of the $30,000 in bills not covered by insurance.
- Local Habitat chapter provided him neither.
PLAIN TWP. ‒ Marc Shirley’s bulging right bicep is no longer a thing of beauty.
Not since last summer when he tore a tendon which holds the muscle in place. Not even after it was surgically repaired a couple months after he’d heard and felt it snap, as the 66-year-old volunteer tumbled to the ground at a Habitat for Humanity home build site.
“I can still use it, but it will never be the same,” Shirley said, as he rolled up his shirt sleeve and pointed to it.
But that’s not what hurts most.
Shirley said all he’s ever wanted is an apology from someone at Canton’s Habitat for Humanity East Central Ohio Chapter for what he said was an unsafe work site and a check for $796.05.
That’s what he spent out of pocket ― to the penny ― on his roughly $30,000 in medical bills, largely paid for by his health insurers.