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C'mon, this guy had brains enough to start a company and wound up homeless over bankruptcy? There has to be more to this. Why couldn't he get a job and an apartment I understand times can get tough for anybody, but doesn't this guy have friends or family that could've helped him out 10 tears ago so he wouldn' wind up homeless?

I think this guy has a drug or gambling problem. That $100,000 would go quick if he daoesn't get help. Something isn't right.

If this guys mother loved him enough to leave him $100,000 then she loved him enough to take him in until he gets back on his feet.

This is hardly a feel-good story.

He'll probably wind up homeless again.

sirB, I said the company he worked for went under...he did not own the company. Couple other notes, the reason the staff recognized him, Novacks' mother had been treated by the same doctor before she died in 2001. Also, he hired the attorney a year ago to look into a possible inheritance but reportedly became frustrated with delays, dropped the investigation and returned to living in the woods.

Mark,

I too feel like there’s more to this story that meets the eye. His company goes bankrupt and he loses his job. Okay it happens. You mean to tell us he didn’t have any savings or any family members that wouldn’t have helped him out, especially his mother. C’mon…There has got to be more to this story. If he chose to live on the street that was a choice he made and not something that just happened I’m sure he had other options. You said no one could find him. Well, maybe he didn’t want to be found and was happy living his new chosen life style for 10 years.

Ock, I'll tell you a little story about a guy named Fenwaydav. He had a beautiful home with a good job. It wasn't his Company that went under it was himself. He lost everything (and I mean EVERYTHING) to drugs and alcohol. Granted it wasn't poof overnight, but a period of a few years. His life and possessions wound up contained to a garbage bag. Not being the type that could do street living well he chose to seek help. It is unbelievable the amount of help out there if you want it. Today many years later Fenwaydav lives a nice life in a beautiful home he shares with his cat Daisy.

The Reason I told this story Ock, is No One stays on the streets if they don't want to. As bad as people say the system is, if you need and want help it's out there. The guy you speak of in your story has other problems. $100.000 is a spit in the bucket these days. His mother would have been there all along if he wanted it. Mine was, I just never sort her out. I live a life now thankful that I never had to spend one night on the streets or in a shelter. I thank God every day for The Veterans Administration and Alcohol Anonymous. I am not a man of many prayers, but for me this is what keeps me going now.

God grant me the serenity to except the things I can not change.
The courage to change the things I can.
And the wisdom to know the difference.

My name is David and I'm an Alcoholic.......

Thanks jovanone......

Ock, Certainly!

I agree with Fenway. People on the streets (for 10 yrs!) are usually there by choice, as their IS help out there. He might have addictions or mental illness. Hopefully, someone will help him use the money to help himself.

I always remember that Marriott said he always had at least $1 in his pocket or bank account. He never went into debt.

1sckmnd,
We ARE being compassionate, by saying that IF he doesn't get help, that is AVAILABLE, he will be out on the streets again. The reality is there--and so it help.