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Wounded Pa. cop gives back to homeless vets on Thanksgiving

On a rainy night in April 2011, a gunman’s bullets left Officer Jim Kuzak paralyzed from the waist down

By Dave Crawley
CBS Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — Jim Kuzak is a wounded veteran of the Clairton Police force. On a rainy night in April 2011, a gunman’s bullets left him paralyzed from the waist down.

Michelle Sager recently called Officer Kuzak, on behalf of Anthony Albert Real Estate, to tell him he’d receive a Thanksgiving dinner for 20 after being voted “Pittsburgh Protector of the Year.”

“He said, you know, ‘I just want to pay it forward. And I want to give this dinner I’m receiving to the [Shepherd’s Heart Veterans Home] shelter.’ And it speaks to his character,” said Sager. “It’s just beautiful.”

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