Neighbors of mesothelioma patient identified as mystery lawn cutters
Harry Adler of Madeira, Ohio was diagnosed with mesothelioma during the spring of 2009. Mesothelioma is a rare but serious form of cancer caused by asbestos exposure. Adler worked with asbestos when he served with the U.S. Navy as a pipefitter during the 1950s and 1960s; the toxic substance asbestos was commonly used as pipe insulation aboard U.S. Navy ships for many years.
Adler and his wife travelled to three different states just to get his mesothelioma diagnosis after he became ill. He also underwent surgery to have the cancer removed. Each time he returned home, he found that his lawn had been cut and trimmed in his absence. No one came forward to admit they had cut his lawn, so Adler had to ask around. He discovered that his next door neighbor David Bodnar had been cutting his lawn, and that his other neighbor Chris DeBow had been cutting it when David was out of town.
The neighbors wanted to do something to help the Adlers when they learned that Harry had been diagnosed with cancer. Bodnar said that cutting the lawn was a simple way to help, and that he was just doing what the Bible said to do – to love our neighbors as ourselves.
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