$28K Raised To Move 87-Year-Old Facing Homelessness Into Trailer
UpdatedFri, Jan 29, 2021 at 9:26 pm ET Replies(3) Zyggy Szymczak plays his baby grand piano in his new trailer. The community raised the money to buy him a new home. (Justin Willis) NORTH PORT, FL — With 87-year-old Zyggy Szymczak staring down homelessness, it took the North Port community just a few weeks to raise around $28,000 to purchase and move him into a new trailer. Until mid-December, though, the aging Polish concert pianist, who was diagnosed with dementia, didn't have many options. For decades, he'd lived at Myakka River Park at the intersection of U.S. 41 and River Road, but the...
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