GIVING BACK | HAL SADLER
Nothing Stops the Sock Man
Hal Sadler is back in action, warming feet and hearts of homeless Story & Photos by Christine Van Tuyl
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al Sadler has only been out of the hospital for two weeks. Doctors amputated his right leg after he suffered complications from the 187 parachute jumps he made for the U.S. Army. But he’s not sitting at home, feeling sorry for himself. He’s right back in action, passing out new socks to warm the feet — and hearts — of the homeless. Meet Hal Sadler, the San Diego Sock Man. Sadler, 57, lives over the bridge but he attends church at Graham Memorial. In fact, he counts many of the folks in its congregation among his very best friends. He says the fourmonth stay in the VA hospital was brutal, but now that he’s out, he can’t wait to start helping others.
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