Video: Catoosa family reaches out to community after man’s home slides off foundation, collapses
CATOOSA, Okla. — UPDATE (6/15/2022): The Catoosa community has rallied around a veteran who’s home partially collapsed. A neighbor started a GoFundMe for Roy Slaughter.
She says she started the fundraiser to help him. The gas line is broken and must be replaced, after his mobile home shifted about a foot from the foundation.
She says Roy is a veteran and on social security, so he’s struggling financially. He also recently lost his wife to COVID-19.
If you would like to help donate, you can find the GoFundMe here.
A Catoosa man reached out to FOX23 after his mobile home slid off its foundation and partially collapsed.
Roy Hamilton says he was in his bedroom, when all of a sudden the house started to shift and move a few weeks ago.
Now, he’s dealing with a mess. The house moved around a foot off its foundation. Floors inside are cracked, the deck outside is angled upward, and both the toilet and washing machine are lopsided. A pole from the deck went into the home.
Roy says he is living off of social security, and he can’t afford insurance for the home. His wife died from COVID, so the timing couldn’t be worse.
Roy called his sister Dorothy Hamilton right away. She says, “He hasn’t been sleeping good; he hasn’t been eating good; tour his life up. He’s sleeping at my sister’s, taking showers at my house, and he sits up here in the evening and goes back.”
The family is asking anyone in the community for help. They’re struggling with what to do with the trailer. If you know anyone who can help Roy, reach out to our email at news@fox23.com. You can also email agilbertreports@gmail.com
You can give us a call at 918-491-0023.
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