Viral video sparks $1M crowdfund for 88-year-old veteran at Michigan grocery store

Christmas came early Army veteran Ed Bambas, who has captured the heart of the internet after viral video revealed that the 88-year-old works five days a week at a Michigan grocery store just to stay afloat.

The video inspired shoppers and strangers nationwide to raise more than a million dollars to support Bambas' retirement.

Bambas, a cashier at the Meijer in Brighton, Michigan, has been on the job full-time ever since losing his pension 13 years ago. Despite his age, he still works 40 hours a week because “he doesn’t have enough income.”

“I retired from General Motors in ’99. In 2012, they went bankrupt and they took my pension away from me,” Bambas told Australian influencer Samuel Weidenhofer, in a video posted to Instagram.

Before that financial blow — and his wife’s illness around the same time — Bambas said he had been living comfortably, with a stable home and a secure retirement.

Video Courtesy: CNN