Amputee, doctor of poor faces losing his home

[Taverner]

(CNN) -- Luis Caplan served the poor of the South Bronx for decades out of a small medical office. His leg was amputated after a bout with cancer in 1990, yet he continued to work for another five years.

Now, his savings has nearly been wiped out because of the economic crisis. At the age of 71, he faces losing his apartment if things don't change soon. The government bailed out the big institutions, but "what happens to the little people," he asks.

"What happens to the real middle class? What happens to me?" he says, choking back tears. "It's awful. It's really awful."

With Congress working to pass the $800 billion stimulus bill, millions of Americans -- especially those with homes they're trying to sell or about to be foreclosed on -- are asking the same thing: What's in it for me?

Caplan says most of his equity is tied up in his 800-square-foot apartment that he purchased in 1985. He's wants to sell it to move to Seattle to be near his daughter, who was recently diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/02/11/amputee.housing.crisis/index.html

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1. Heartbreaking

[DesertFlower]

2. OMG.

[pansypoo53219]

3. help the many

not the few. i am liking jon stewart's idea better and better. trickle up.

[southernyankeebelle]

4. Wow We should be proud

hy doesn't someone help him make him a poster boy. The republicans can't say he is a welfare bum who doesn't want to work. Where are all his patience why aren't they helping him? Come you patience help your doctor.