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| Jordan Addison |
Jordan Addsion goes to college at Radford University in
Radford, Virginia, about an hour or so outside Roanoke, and like most college
students, money is tight, and, so when his car was vandalized, three times
on-campus and once at home, he struggled with how to pay for it.
He also struggled with the idea that his car was vandalized
because he's gay. The first time his car was targeted, there were anti-gay
slurs keyed into the car, and another time actual dye was keyed into his
car. The slur was written across one side of this car and he tried to
everything to cover it but nothing worked.
"The lowest estimate I got just to fix the damage to
the doors was like $2,500 and for a college student that's a lot of
money," says Addison.
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| Richard Henegar Jr, and Richard Henegar Sr. |
And he did. He spent nearly 100 hours in the last two
weeks working on the car. he gave it a new paint job to hide the offensive
language; but he also gave Jordan Addison new tires for his car, and tinted the
windows, put in a new stereo and added a security system to it. All told,
Richard Henegar put over $10,000 into fixing Jordan's car simple because he
thought what had happened was "uncalled for."
But Henegar wasn't the only one footing the bill. There were
ten other businesses that helped: Parts Unlimited in Vinton, Advance
Auto Parts, Moon's Auto Body, Rice Toyota, Val's Automotive, The Rod Shop,
B&C Exterminating, Twists & Turns, AJ's Landscaping, and Sunnybrook
Auto Spa.
The new and improved car was unveiled to Addison on
Monday. He was speechless.
So, I wanna give a big ISBL shout out to Richard Henegar and
his friends who helped right a wrong, not because the damage done to Jordan's car harmed them personally,
but because it was wrong.
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