HOUSTON -- It was a moment weeks in the making: 93-year-old Elbert Wood returned to his home that was rebuilt through the kindness of strangers.
This is purely community effort, from the new grass to the new roof, radio host Michael Berry told the crowd that gathered in northwest Houston.
They offered up a hero's welcome for Wood, a decorated World War II veteran.
Tuesday's homecoming was a stark contrast to when he returned home from a doctor's appointment last month to find his home burglarized and vandalized.

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