Financial Assistance Testimonial by a Mesothelioma Survivor

One of the last words of my mother was, take care of your sisters, please. You're looked upon as the leader in the family, and then you are diagnosed that you're gonna die. Now you leave your wife, your kids, your sisters and brothers. You leave them all. If it was going to be the end of the world for me, at least I could leave a legacy for my rest of my family. If I'm going to say that anything was difficult, yeah, the sickness was difficult. The legal aspect of it, we handed it over to them, and they they just they just took care of us. Sam was very clear. He mentioned he had had other cases similar to ours, so we put our trust in him. Epi's story is really a success story in many ways, and it's really sad that he ended up getting diagnosed with mesothelioma because he put himself through school by working in the sugar mills in Puerto Rico, which unfortunately is where he got a lot of his asbestos exposure from. My job was to really make sure that his, legal rights were protected and that we pursued every single avenue possible, to match with the work history that he had. The outcome in Eppy and Bernie's case was fantastic. We pursued it not with the thought even that this was going to be a life changing decision for us. But, that's what that's what happened. This petition from his mom, you know, to take care of his sisters, he's been able to make that a reality. I've been able to help my family, which I couldn't before, thinking about the future, my legacy to them, helped me stay alive.