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This is a different kind of fight than we usually talk about.
Billy Gage gave 11 years of his life in service of his country. He enlisted at the age of 16. When his service was done, he did his best to transition into a normal life. He got married, he had a son, he started his own business doing plaster work and things were going pretty well.
That white picket fence dream came crashing down. (This isn’t his actual home.)
Tragically, at the age of six, Billy’s son passed away unexpectedly in his sleep.
“I literally went into his room to get him up for school one morning and he was dead in his bed. It was horrific. I just couldn’t hold things together anymore after that.” – Billy Gage
This sent Billy’s life into a spiral. He ended up losing everything, and becoming homeless. Obviously, he’s left with a bitter taste in his mouth after everything that’s happened.
“I’m not the only person that has served in the forces and is now on the streets. There are so many of us that are just forgotten about. We were just a number, and now when times are hard, they forget we even exist. If I had my time again I wouldn’t go into the army. Look where it has got me. It has made me very bitter.” – Billy Gage
It’s a tragedy that a man who served his country with 11 years of tours in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone and Kosovo is stuck without so much as a pillow to rest his weary head on, not to mention all of the other tragedies that have struck him.
A lot of people would give up at this point, but Billy Gage is still trying to claw his way out from rock bottom.
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