PROSPECT, Pa. (KDKA) — A household employed a neighborhood contractor to restore their house, however when he realized that their 7-year-old daughter is battling most cancers, he determined their cash can be no good.
Guardian angels do not at all times have wings. Some carry instruments and swoop in simply whenever you want them.
Mark Bowman, aka Man with Instruments, was contacted by the Duffy household who wanted a number of restore work performed at their house in Butler County.
When Bowman discovered the Duffy’s 7-year-old daughter Lucy was battling stage 4 Wilms most cancers, which impacts her kidneys, he did what he calls the suitable factor: he labored without cost.
“I simply really feel like generally everyone wants a break and it simply so occurs I used to be in a position to give them a break, so that is what I did,” he mentioned.
“It is all about giving again. It at all times comes again round to you. Should you’re doing that good, it comes again round to you tenfold.”
Inside days of talking with the Duffys, Bowman and his crew confirmed as much as the Albert Drive house in Prospect and started working — landscaping, brick laying, cleansing gutters, changing inside doorways and even putting in a cat door.
It is a gesture that modified the Duffy’s lives.
“Mark simply actually got here via as a result of we could not afford to have a number of this performed and he simply form of took that off our plate. He was like, ‘no downside, I’ve received this,'” mother Laura Duffy mentioned.
Since being recognized with most cancers earlier this yr, Lucy has endured surgical procedure adopted by weeks of radiation and chemotherapy, with much more to go. However she’s not letting most cancers hold her down. Lucy’s optimistic perspective and power is what retains this household transferring ahead.
“I really feel okay about it,” Lucy mentioned.
If you would like to assist the Duffy household’s medical prices, a charitable golf outing will happen July 27 on the Slippery Rock Golf Membership.
