CBS News visited Plains, Georgia, for an inside look at the political outsider's security detail on his 100th birthday.
  • @Rapidcreek
    53•2 months ago

    Even after he was no longer fit to teach, Carter regularly attended services, his wheelchair positioned next to the front pew as his lead agent sat behind him in a folding chair.

    “One Sunday in particular, the sermon was talking about making the world a better place,” Don Witham recalled. “And [the former president] very quietly, put down his head and said, ‘I’ve tried,’ to himself. And I reached forward with both my hands and put them on his shoulders, and I said, ‘And sir, you’ve succeeded.’”

    • @shalafiEnglish
      18•2 months ago

      HfH is the reason I own my own home. Biggest life changer for me.

      YOU can do it to! Call your local HfH and ask, go to the first meeting, apply.

    • @WoahWoah
      -45•2 months ago

      Well, unfortunately, what he is actually doing is likely drooling and suffering in a room at the hospice care facility. But it’s cool HfH did that to recognize him.

      • FuglyDuckEnglish
        24•2 months ago

        You’re not wrong…. But he’s still involved. (Habitat for humanity has been one of Carters favorites for a long time. Longer than I’ve been alive.)

        He’s still calling for updates, though.