GULSTAN: A MANTECA FATHER IS WORKING THROUGH HIS PERSONAL GRIEF. BY GIVING BACK. HE’S HELPING A VETERAN GIVING HIM HOPE AND MOBILITY. JUST MONTHS AFTER HIS SON DIED. KCRA 3’S KAY RECEDE HAS THIS STY. KAY: THE WHEELCHAIR THAT HAD BEEN SITTING IN RICHARD NIELSON’S GARAGE WILL SOON BE 78-YEAR-OLD DON'S’ >> IT MEANS A LOT TO ME, I CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY ONE CURRENY.TL I’LL BE ABLE TO WALK MY LITTLE DOG, WHICH HASN’T BEEN ABLE TO WA FLKOR QUITE SOME TIME AND HE JUST LOVES IT. >> I THINK GIVING IT TO A VETEN RAWE ENHANCE HIS LIFE, THAT’S WHAT I’M TRYING TO DO AND THIS OLD MAN IS GOING TO REALLY NEED A CHAIR. HE DOES. KAY: NIELSON IS A 90-YEAR-OLD ARMY VETERAN, WHOSE OWN SON ROGER, AN ARMY VETER, ANAS WL,EL HAD BEEN THE CHAIR’S PREVIOUS OWNER. >> ROGER WAS AN AMAZING KID. HE WAS 6WH5 EN HE PASSED AWAY, THOUGH, AND HE WASN’T A KID ANYMORE. KAY: NIELSON SAYS HIS BELOVED SON DIED LAST YEAR, IN LE,IF ROGER HAD BEEN A NURSE, TURNED BUSINESSMAN AND ALWAYS HAD A GIVING HEART. >> HE USED TO TREAT PATIENTS FREE. DIABETICS, BANDAGE THEM, AND DO ALL THAT FREE, TO HIS CUSTOMS.ER THAT’S THE KIND OF PERSON HE WAS. KAY: NIELSON SAYS IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM TO GIVE HIS SON’S CHAIR TO A VETERAN IN NEED . >> THAT’S WHAT A GOOD WHEELCHAIR IS FOR, IS FOR SOMEBODY TO BE MOBILE AND SEE SOMETHING BESIDES THE FOUR WALLS OF HIS APARTMT.EN KAY: DON, WHO IS A NAVY VETERAN SAYS THE DONATION WILL HELP HIM GET AROUND. RUN ERRANDS AND SEE FRIENDS. >> I CAN GO SEE MY NEIGHBORS IF I WA TNTO DO THAT, INSTEAD OF HAVING THEM COME TO SEE ME. KAY: KAY RECEDE KCRA 3 NEWS. GULSTAN: NIELSON ADDS BOTH HE AND HIS SON WERE MEDICS IN THE AR
Father donates late son's wheelchair to veteran in need
Updated: 7:37 PM EST Jan 29, 2022
Richard Nielson, a 90-year-old man, has donated his late son's wheelchair to a veteran in need. Nielson had been trying to find a veteran to donate the chair to, and on Thursday, he met 78-year-old Don. "It means a lot to me; I can't afford to buy one currently. I'll be able to walk my little dog, which hasn't been able to walk for quite some time and he just loves it," Don — who asked sister station KCRA 3 not to share his last name — said.Nielson said the electric wheelchair had been sitting in his garage for months."I think giving it to a veteran: We enhance his life. That's what I'm trying to do and this old man is going to really need a chair. He does," Nielson said. Nielson's son Roger was an Army veteran like Nielson himself. The two also served as medics."Roger was an amazing kid. He was 65 when he passed away, though, and he wasn't a kid anymore," Nielson said. Nielson said his son had a number of issues and suffered a stroke, which caused him to lose his entire left leg. He said in life, Roger had been a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) and later a businessman. Regardless of what he did, he always had a giving heart."He used to treat patients free. Diabetics, bandage them, and do all that free to his customers. That's the kind of person he was," Nielson said.Don, who is a Navy veteran, said the donation will help him get around, run errands and see friends."I can go see my neighbors if I want to do that, instead of having them come to see me," Don said.
Richard Nielson, a 90-year-old man, has donated his late son's wheelchair to a veteran in need. Nielson had been trying to find a veteran to donate the chair to, and on Thursday, he met 78-year-old Don.
"It means a lot to me; I can't afford to buy one currently. I'll be able to walk my little dog, which hasn't been able to walk for quite some time and he just loves it," Don — who asked sister station KCRA 3 not to share his last name — said.
Nielson said the electric wheelchair had been sitting in his garage for months.
"I think giving it to a veteran: We enhance his life. That's what I'm trying to do and this old man is going to really need a chair. He does," Nielson said.
Nielson's son Roger was an Army veteran like Nielson himself. The two also served as medics.
"Roger was an amazing kid. He was 65 when he passed away, though, and he wasn't a kid anymore," Nielson said.
Nielson said his son had a number of issues and suffered a stroke, which caused him to lose his entire left leg. He said in life, Roger had been a licensed vocational nurse (LVN) and later a businessman. Regardless of what he did, he always had a giving heart.
"He used to treat patients free. Diabetics, bandage them, and do all that free to his customers. That's the kind of person he was," Nielson said.
Don, who is a Navy veteran, said the donation will help him get around, run errands and see friends.
"I can go see my neighbors if I want to do that, instead of having them come to see me," Don said.
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