As Hurricane Ida ripped through Louisiana it tore apart the home of Theophilus Charles, 70, who said, “Right now, I’ve got nothing.”
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I guess call nbc and find out all the information you can for him
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I hope he gets the help he needs. It’s one thing to lose everything when you’re young, but when you’re old and alone that’s a whole different kind of scary.
If I was there I would help if I could!
Amen!!!,,😇
Help this man please someone with a lot of 💰 money!!!! Help him!!!! He needs a gofundme app ASAP. With all those holes in his roof and no where to sleep. Please help him!!!!!! Start the gofundme app and I will send what I can!!!!!
I am so sorry that happened to them 😞
Poor. Guy. Mother nature can be so wicked. Especially these days. I hope he finds the help he needs.
You got your story now help him!
Praise Jesus , savior and protector of all. Hallelujah
Why didn’t Jesus save this man”s house?
@June P Hopefully in order to get him a better one.
Go fund me page? I want to donate to him
This is what happens when we stop listening to one another because we think we know better.
God bless you sir
In addition to sharing his story which we very much appreciate; would be great if the network provided info on how we could assist him.
I pray that someone will rebuild him a nice home no one at his age should ever have this stress…I will volunteer to help build for him if anyone finds out anything…donation pages plz
My sentiments exactly.
Prayers for communities to come together like they used to and rebuild this town…volunteers unified can do anything very quickly …..
Louisiana continues to get destroyed by the 🌀 so sad it will eventually go broke trying to rebuild it…I read it was sinking slowly in New Orleans…time to get these neighborhoods built to withstand stuff like this…all concrete like they are doing in Florida
NBC really should make an official go fund me for this man and put it on this video. They get paid off of this video showing his hardship. They should be giving the proceeds to him. He’s 70 years old! That’s horrible to be that age and lose everything!! I wonder if he had insurance?
That house has been under repair for 40 years 😳
That’s real mean to say .
@D Longoria
Sorry.. wasn’t my intention..
May god bless that man and everyone there
Gofundme?
What a beautiful house,sorry to see n so sad🙏🙏😞😞😞
You would figure he’d be a little more prepared living there his whole life experiencing these hurricanes.
What a silly comment ! How does one prepare for a house falling down on their heads?? It’s obvious just by looking at his modest home and furniture that the ELDERLY man lived on a tight budget/pension………….. So, Please elaborate as to what you mean by PREPARE???
Me, in Japan where floods and tyhoons are not uncommon. I want to help this man so badly. It’s heartbreaking.
Where is the link to the donation site for Theophilus?
Maybe his climate polluting truck can help him….
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Americans are sad on so many levels
The price of oil in display
Lord be with these people ❤️ may they build back their lives… Better.
Hopefully people will see this and help.
sad but i think his next move is gonna be to a nursing home or the streets
you chose to challenge nature and you chose to lose in turn
i wish i cld help but i live in New Zealand my best wishes for u
Any way to contact him and help him please
Dude was living in a damaged house. Where is the power coming from for his microwave? That back room wasn’t new damage, he be scammin.
So it’s his house this is his shelter.
@D Longoria So, you KNOW this how? A TV story? God you people are gullible.
So sad please help his man
So many mean comments , it can happen to you too in so many different ways .
The tax payers pay out claims , the insurance companies process. No more mony to re uild on swamp land. Give them twicw as much to go inland.
Oh he made it thru storm gud I can help him things
If you choose to stay , your gonna pay ! The destruction zone is well recorded , history has taught better , RETHUGLICONS REFUSE TO ADDRESS INFRASTRUCTURE ! VOTE BLUE ! BIDEN/HARRIS 2024
That’s so sad! I’m glad he survived it.
I want to set up a gofundme for him, but I’d want his email address or something so he can have access to his money.
They should at least provide a link or something telling us how we can help this man! Heck, NBC has millions, they should help him since they’re right there! This man is about the same age as my parents, I would hope someone would help them if they could. 🙏❤️
This gentleman Theophilus Charles in Houma LA is blessed to be alive, and I hope he gets help.
Yes this man deserves help. GOD 🙏 has not forgotten him.
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He needs to setup a donation site. Many people want to help, but have no means to do so. Setup a gofundme.
His daughter set up a gofundme 🙂
I believe people will help. But, he needs help now. FEMA needs to step it up and get him some vouchers to stay in Hotel until his house can be repaired. I wonder if he has any family at all. This really pulls at my heart strings. After Harvey tore through Houston, so many volunteers went into peoples homes to pull out drywall, furniture etc. I remember people were making make shift shelters with blue tarps. Blue tarps were on peoples roofs everywhere. I just know after people see this, someone will help this dear man. 😥😥😥
Is there someone we can contact to donate to him?
Wow. That’s so sad.
Two billionaires just wasted big money trying to one up each other playing with their rocketships…
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This is so heartbreaking. I know the goodness of others will come to help him. ❤
Please provide a link, so we can help him.
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Stay strong, resilient, and take it day-by-day with prayers. In Saipan, Northern Marianas, we experienced super typhoon yutu of 180 gusting to 200 mph wind that snapped off my house roof in an instant that didn’t even realized it was gone till my neighbor informed me. Nothing was spared from the rain. Non-perishable food, water, mosquito net, repellant or off spray, inverter generator (fuel economy than AC generator), approved gasoline storage container, 150-300 DC/AC inverter is sufficient (larger unit will drain your car battery pretty quick and depending on load attached too), tent, LED flashlight, backup DC batteries, small wattage LED light bulbs and fan, buckets for water, etc, are just some basic things you’ll be needing immediately to carry you through. For 3 straight months we endured without island power or electricity. Prior to super typhoon yutu was twister typhoon soudelor, went without island power for 3 months.
Does this man have a Gofundme to help him?
Time to relocate to another State. So sorry for your losses.
Please help this man with FEMA. Tell him about it.
Is the jail flooded? The inmates safe?
Yep bro its ruff
On Mr Charles and to All those who were affected by hurricane Ida. This has to be a nightmare. May GOD have Mercy on Everyone s Soul. This is so heart breaking People. At Times such as these, let us put away Our differences and help this Man in CHRIST,s HOLY NAME. AMEN! AMEN! And AMEN! Please let us know where to send the donations okay Mr. Charles. May GOD Keep and Protect love you All
What can people do in this situation? First, they should know the real information about what it is happening. All information is in the conference “Global crisis. This already affects everyone”, organized by volunteers from 180 countries. Second, people should unite, all together, to become one family, one Humanity, one Creative Society and survive in the period of coming global disasters because our planet entered the top of 12000 year climate change cyclicity.
Guess keeping his life doesn’t amount to anything?
Heartbreaking 💔🙏
Will his homeowners insurance help him?
Poor fella!
I’m pregnant and homeless myself and I have very little but I want to donate to this man 🥺😭💔! How can I donate, does he have cash app?
How can we help his info is not on here ?
GOFUNDME INFO PLEASE?!! How could you air a story like that and not have any information on this individual who is pleading for help?! NBC YOU MUST DO BETTER!
I posted go fund me link, which is NOT breaking yt rules!
Posted that there is a go fund me, with NO link, that was deleted too! Why?
God bless him
What’s his gofund me
Don’t worry. He will have a multimillion dollar home in a month, probably no house payment or electricity bills, nothing. It’s what these people live for.🤬🤬
He worked to even build what he had . People are so quick to judge. We are in a pandemic and aftermath of a terrible situation. No water, electricity or gas. People risking themselves trying to get home tht has no home to go bk too. Help just started arriving setting up n different locations but most of us have no way to get to the locations because of tire blowouts due to nails everywhere, food and water running low, needing to drive to other cities to find gas (few places have vas but its cash only) and not to mention the heat is horrible. We are on day 3 and if we want to leave we have to drive to another state for rooms. You have no idea how bad this is let alone to lose what u have worked hard for. So YES he needs and want help just because we have lost just about everything
I declare that this gentleman be blessed with a fresh start. Both spiritually and in the natural. A new place to stay, fully furnished and a new wardrobe. For the love of God surpasses our understanding. Give Him praise dear Sir, for what’s to come.
Amen!
He should set up him a gofundme page.
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Remember when we were the richest country in the world?
My prayers are with him in his misfortune🙏. I know what it’s like to lose things. However, they are simply that……THINGS🤨. They are only MATERIAL POSSESSIONS. He still has his LIFE. Trust in GOD to supply his needs🙏. God will take care of him. Philippians 4:19, Matthew 6:24-34 are excellent verses for resource.
So what about him if I was homeless you think somebody wood care no
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News media should help them for making news out of unfortunate individuals. Instead of paying billions to news anchors.
I think that house was struggling even before the Cat 4😔
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Prayers
Prayers to you
I hope he gets help!! Our government is too busy taking care of other nations and immigrants with tax payers money. We pay taxes, but they do whatever they want to with Americans tax payers dollars and no one has any say so. Now ain’t that some 💩!!
Sorry for the loss of everyone. Can someone give us the contact info for this man or how to get items to him? I hope the station didn’t just do a story and leave him.
She was told to evacuate. My God just listen and follow directions.
Not everyone has the resources to evacuate
I’m sure they have insurance?
God.will.call.sum.body.for.u.just.pray
Now’s where the Governor needs to show his quality…by the way, where is Edwards?
I’m so sorry sir my heartbreaking for you. Mr president if you see this please help this poor man!,
😭😭😭😭stay strong and safe and healthy. Prayers from Philippines
He said “my ceiling” not “my theater”, get it together NBC LOL
*Well, on the bright side he didn’t really have anything except a beer can and a Crack pipe before the hurricane hit. It’s all the same . The life was ruined way before the Hurricane.*
Send him up to NYC I have a place for him to stay. God bless him always.🙏🏾❤️🙏🏾
please let me know his information to start an go fund me please thank you
Sad
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Is there a way to donate directly?
Dear God, bless this man, and everyone affected! 🙏🏾