After a series of misfortunes, Coy Featherston, 66, was homeless on the streets of Texas. But good luck — and good friends — intervened. After a number of his high school classmates spotted his name in the school paper, they joined together to help get Featherston’s life back on track. Steve Hartman reports.
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