An 88-year-old Metro Detroit man who works at a grocery store to make ends meet is getting some help from a social media personality — and gaining attention.

Ed Bambas recently met Samuel Weidenhofer, a YouTuber, TikToker, blogger, and Instagram personality, as the elder man was working. After their encounter, Weidenhofer launched an online fundraiser for him.

"I want to introduce you all to Ed Bambas, a man I met recently in a Detroit supermarket who completely humbled me," Weidenhofer wrote on the GoFundMe page he created this week to raise $1 million for Bambas.

As of Thursday morning, the page had raised more than $1.5 million.

"Ed is 88 years old, an Army veteran, and he still works five days a week, eight hours a day," according to Weidenhofer. "He has never received the pensio

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