A Navy veteran in South Park got a new roof in a single day

Crews worked from morning until evening on Tuesday to replace the roof of Navy veteran Mike Seybert in South Park Township, WTAE reported. The work came through Roofs for the Red, White and Blue, a Burns and Scalo Roofing program that selects one veteran for a new roof at no charge. Seybert said he was skeptical at first. A free roof sounded unlikely until the crew was actually on the house. He said he felt completely shocked, overwhelmed, and humbled.

The roof was more than 30 years old, and he said it badly needed to be replaced. Seybert also said injuries from his years as a firefighter on an ammunition ship had caught up with him, which is part of why the gift mattered. Those injuries are not what wore the roof out. Julianna Everly of Burns and Scalo said the company treats a roof as shelter, one of the basic needs of a house, and that a free roof is how they give that back. She said meeting Seybert and his family was the point of the day. He told the station he hopes the next veteran is as fortunate, and that he will help if he can. The company said the roof would be finished by the end of the day, and that the program would move on to another veteran.