Support pours in for 76-year-old DoorDash driver forced out of retirement over health care costs

MABANK, Texas (KTVT) – A Texas woman shared video of a 76-year-old veteran delivering her DoorDash order, sparking a flood of support for the man who was forced out of retirement to help with his family’s health care costs.

Larry Phillip Colvin, a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran, has been forced back into the working world after 10 years of retirement. He says the costs of health care for his wife and son were higher than his monthly income.(Source: KTVT via CNN)

Savannah Saulters lives in Mabank, Texas. On March 14, she noticed the man who dropped off her DoorDash order was an older man wearing a veteran’s cap. He was only on camera for a few seconds, but it made a distinct impression on her.

“There should be no reason that a 76-year-old man is delivering my pizza at 10:30 at nighttime. That should not be happening,” Saulters said.

After asking social media for help, she quickly learned the food delivery driver was Larry Phillip Colvin, a Vietnam veteran who’s been forced back into the working world after 10 years of retirement as a repairman.

“My Social Security just wasn’t cutting it anymore,” Larry Colvin said. “I had to do something, and I can’t hold down a regular job.”

The veteran, who will be 77 in May, began delivering food because the costs of health care for his wife and son were higher than his monthly income. He says he works every night of the week, except Wednesday when he attends church.

“My wife is looking at a couple surgeries. My son has three autoimmune diseases, lupus and dystonia,” Larry Colvin said. “I wish I didn’t have to do it at night because that’s when you make the money.”