Mario Mora of Denver’s Globeville neighborhood was emotional when he heard the news that former President Jimmy Carter died Sunday .
“Wow, it’s just kind of hard for me,” Mora said as he held back tears. “I’m going to go grab my Bible that he gave us and say some prayers for him.”
Mora and his wife Phyllis were touched personally by the kindness and generosity of Carter when the former president came to Denver in 2013 and worked with Habitat for Humanity to build 26 townhomes in Globeville. On that trip, Carter stopped by The Moras’ house and gave them a special gift.
“They did my driveway. They re-sided my garage. New gutters, new garage door, driveway and a back porch,” he recalled.
He says over time, the ramp that Carter had built for him has been a great help.