An encounter with an elderly delivery driver in Texas has captured attention after the reason he was still working came to light.Donald Johnson, 81, was delivering lost luggage to a home when Erin Howell, a resident at The Colony, saw him struggling to carry a heavy bag up a steep set of stairs — a moment captured by her doorbell camera, according to reports.Howell went outside to help and learned that Johnson had been making luggage deliveries as an independent contractor for the past three years to help cover medical expenses for his wife, Josephine Johnson, who is battling cancer, FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth reported.MILITARY VETERAN’S PAINFUL WALK ACROSS AIRPORT TARMAC SPARKS STRANGERS TO RAISE OVER $135KThe couple has been married for 57 years.Donald Johnson continued to work during his wife's medical treatment.He was continuing to make deliveries because he had struggled to find other work, he told Howell during their encounter. Donald Johnson, pictured here, was delivering lost luggage to a home in Texas when a doorbell camera captured him struggling to lug heavy bags up a steep set of stairs.
(TIKTOK/HelpDonRetire)"It's the only job that will hire me," Johnson told her, according to the outlet.Howell shared the elderly man's story online and even started a fundraiser to help with medical expenses and give him the chance to stop working and care for his wife.CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTERAs his story spread, thousands of strangers responded with donations and messages of support."I think I'm going to be able to stop working, and that's amazing," Johnson told FOX 4."So we're not quite totally over the hump yet, but we're getting there very quickly."Johnson was caught on video delivering luggage, pictured above, as an independent contractor to help cover the medical expenses of his wife.
(TIKTOK/HelpDonRetire)The outpouring of support and prayers had given her encouragement as she continued her cancer battle, Josephine Johnson told FOX 4....