Secret Samaritans Help A Pair Of Elderly Tampa Residents In A Big Way

Two secret Samaritans have helped a pair of elderly Tampa residents in a big way by paying their home insurance premiums for the year. Lonnie Brown and Tad Buel are the elderly residents and they were featured on WFLA talking about their insurance premiums go up significantly.

Their property insurance premiums are going up $2,000 a year. “I can’t afford this,” Lonnie Brown told the WFLA reporter. “We barely get by with bills anyway and this comes up. We do not have the money to do that.” There is a possibility of the men losing their homes over the price increase, but help was on the way.

Viewers were moved by the story and the station with messages supporting Brown and Buel. Two secret Samaritans in particular were so moved that they felt they needed to do something to help the Tampa residents.

Earlier, this week, WFLA's investigative reporter, Mahsa Saeid, met up with the men. She presented each of them with a check to cover the increases in their insurance premiums. The grateful men were moved to tears. “I am without words,” Buel says. “This dropping on my lap is overwhelming and I thank you, and I thank them.”