Wow, have things changed for 72-year-old Frank Sawicki.
On Sept. 17 , we interviewed him outside a motel in Royal Oak. He was in desperate need of housing. On Wednesday, we visited him at his own studio apartment.
He told us he’s been living there since Oct. 5.
Watch our September coverage of strangers in Royal Oak coming together to help Frank Sawicki in the video below:
Strangers in Royal Oak band together to help blind man in need
Sawicki has been blind since birth and was recognized in our September story by thousands for selling pencils at 13 Mile Road and Woodward Avenue.
We all found out that he was in need of housing then because of a Royal Oak woman, Jillian Ripper. Ripper was also a stranger to Sawicki at the beginning of September.
One afternoon, she recognized him on a street corner and asked him if he needed help.
After learning that he was in need of housing, she created a GoFundMe page hoping to find a long-term solution for him. We included it all in our September story.