OH, MY HEART! 82-Year-Old Veteran Able to Retire After Viral TikTok Video Helps Raise $108K

If you want your face to hurt from smiling while simultaneously crying happy tears, look no further than Butch Marion’s story.

Butch is an 82-year-old Navy veteran who works at Wal-Mart. While on shift, he just happened to meet Rory McCarty, a bug extermination business owner who clearly has a big heart.

“As a business owner, it’s hard for me to find good help,” Rory said, “I’m expanding and so when I went into Walmart, I seen this man leaning over and working and I was just blown away…  The Lord, just prompted me to get my video out and I did and I started videotaping him.”

Rory’s goal was to highlight Butch’s story on social media in hopes that he could raise money for his retirement. And it worked—the TikTok went viral and Rory was able to raise “over $108,000 in just two days,” Fox News reported.

Grab your tissues and hear Rory and Butch detail the story firsthand in the below interview:

I’M NOT CRYING, YOU’RE CRYING.

Not only is this situation just awesome in general (sign me up for anything helping veterans) but I particularly love Rory’s focus on faith and giving God the credit for this amazing miracle.

I hope Butch has many years ahead filled with fishing and family. He’s earned it.