A veteran is committed to helping other veterans in Silicon Valley after serving in the U.S. Army for nearly 40 years. Retired Col. Ray Watts spoke on EpochTV’s “Bay Area Innovators” program about the time he let a homeless veteran stay in his home for seven years until he found permanent housing.
“I was one of the first to help a veteran who was sleeping in his car,” Watts said, reflecting on how he began his journey of assisting homeless veterans. “And mind you ... I had three kids, two teenage daughters, and my wife said, ‘Are you nuts? You’re going to let a stranger live in our home?’ [I said,] ‘No, he’s a soldier. ... It’s the right thing to do.’”
