An Army vet has tugged at the heartstrings of the internet after revealing he now works at a supermarket after losing his pension. Fortunately, strangers across the world came through for the military vet in a big way.

An interaction with the 88-year-old went viral at a supermarket in Michigan. Army vet Ed Bambas works five days a week at the Meijer store in Brighton after losing his pension 13 years ago. Despite his age, he works 40 hours a week just to survive.

“I retired from General Motors in ’99. In 2012, they went bankrupt, and they took my pension away from me,” Bambas told influencer Samuel Weidenhofer, in a video posted to Instagram.

Faced with no money, the Army vet had to go back to work to provide for his ailing wife.

“The thing that hurt me the most was when my wife was re

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