CROSBY, Texas (KTRK) -- A Vietnam veteran who needed a breathing machine to survive faced some obstacles during the winter storm when his power went out and his pipes burst. Andy Anderson's widow, Toni, showed ABC13 the long tube that connected to her husband's breathing machine. "He had all this dragged through the house with him so he could breathe," said Toni. The machine is run by electricity, so when the power went out during the storm, the machine stopped working. While serving in the war, Andy encountered Agent Orange, a tactical herbicide used to clear foliage in Vietnam, and was later diagnosed with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This led to him needing the machine.