二戰老兵需要幫助才能讓他的家恢復到適合居住的狀態

老弗雷德里克·朗佐 (Frederick Lonzo Sr.) 是一位 101 歲的二戰老兵，他的舞蹈充滿了生命力

A 101-year-old World War II veteran in New Orleans East is in need of help to get his home back to a livable condition.

新奧爾良東部一位 101 歲的二戰老兵需要幫助才能讓他的家恢復到適合居住的狀態。

Frederick Lonzo Sr. still dances with the energy of a young man, but his New Orleans East home tells a different story.

老弗雷德里克·朗佐 (Frederick Lonzo Sr.) 仍然充滿年輕人的活力，但他在新奧爾良東部的家卻講述了一個不同的故事。

"The house kind of became invested with mice, and they kind of took over," said Lonzo's daughter, Leah Lonzo.

朗佐的女兒莉亞·朗佐說：“房子裡長滿了老鼠，它們接管了一切。”

The kitchen cabinets have mouse feces inside and have been partly chewed away by the rodents.

廚房的櫥櫃裡有老鼠糞便，部分已被囓齒動物啃食。

"To see it being destroyed by mice, and it was just falling apart around them," Leah Lonzo said.

「看到它被老鼠摧毀，它在它們周圍分崩離析，」利亞朗佐說。

The veteran can't make the repairs himself, and his daughter, who also serves as his caretaker, said they're leaning on the community for help.

這位退伍軍人自己無法進行維修，他的女兒也是他的看護人，她說他們正在向社區尋求幫助。

"After sleeping in this house with mice running through the house and they had eaten through his couch, and they were nesting," Leah Lonzo said.

「在這棟房子裡睡覺後，老鼠在房子裡跑來跑去，它們吃掉了他的沙發，然後在築巢，」利亞朗佐說。

Along with replacing the kitchen cabinets, Lonzo's fence also needs to be restored. His daughter told WDSU that it was repaired after Hurricane Katrina but knocked down again during Ida.

除了更換廚櫃外，朗佐的圍欄也需要修復。他的女兒告訴 WDSU，它在卡特里娜颶風後得到了修復，但在艾達颶風期間再次被推倒。

"Blew the whole fence down with the exception of the two outer gates — that's the only ones that's still standing," Leah Lonzo said.

利亞·朗佐說：“除了兩扇外門外，整個柵欄都被炸毀了——這是唯一還活著的門。”

Singer Naydja Cojoe, whose father is a veteran, spent Memorial Day singing to veterans, but also using her platform to raise awareness for Lonzo.

歌手 Naydja Cojoe 的父親是一名退伍軍人，她在陣亡將士紀念日為退伍軍人唱歌，同時也利用自己的平台提高人們對朗佐的認識。

"Help them if you can. Do it. Don't just sit back and say oh somebody will get it done. You have the capability to get it done, you have the resources to do it, do it," said Cojoe.

「如果可以的話，幫助他們。去做吧。不要只是坐下來說哦，有人會完成它。你有能力完成它，你有資源去做它，去做吧，」科喬說。

She told WDSU she's seen the hard work being done at Lonzo's home and hopes someone steps in to help.

她告訴 WDSU，她看到了 Lonzo 家裡所做的艱苦工作，希望有人介入提供幫助。

"They need some help. They need a refrigerator and things like that because she's his primary caregiver, and she takes care of her dad 24 hours a day, seven days a week, without any support," Cojoe said.

「他們需要一些幫助。他們需要冰箱之類的東西，因為她是他的主要照顧者，她每週 7 天、每天 24 小時照顧她的父親，沒有任何支持，」科喬說。

As his daughter works to clean up what she can, she's hoping the time her father sacrificed to serve our country is honored with a small token of help.

當他的女兒努力清理一切能清理的東西時，她希望她父親為國家服務而犧牲的時間能得到一點幫助。

"The veterans have given a lot of themselves throughout their lives. It's deserving of them receiving that same thing they put out," Cojoe said.

「退伍軍人一生付出了很多。他們值得得到他們所付出的同樣的東西，」科喬說。