On President Jimmy Carter's 100th birthday, his Secret Service detail reflects on the assignment of a lifetime

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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.'"

TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee · 36 pts · 1y

This man helped eradicate the Guinea worm.

That alone should grant him Sainthood.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 1y (3 replies)

And you know what he's doing on his 100th birthday?

shalafi@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y

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@lemmy.world · -45 pts · 1y (1 reply)

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.

FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 1y

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.

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