When Janette Pritchett first moved to San Luis Obispo, California, she was going through a challenging time in her life. The former servicemember had recently separated from her husband and moved her family to the small Californian community.
"When I first got here it was really hard," Pritchett told The Tribune. "I was trying to do the most I could to not look at this as a bad situation."
The 32-year-old Army veteran went to the Supportive Services for Veteran Families program, which is sponsored by the Community Action Partnership of San Luis Obispo County, according to the news source. The group helped to find work for Pritchett and an apartment for her family, but she still had no car to get around.
That was when Oregon-native Rick Elliott stepped in. After his wife passed away in May 2014 of cancer, Elliot has a difficult time deciding who should get the Mustang she always loved. A chance meeting and a few connections later, the Mustang, title and registration included, was given to Pritchett.
Elliot told The Tribune that it is what his wife would have wanted to happen, and that he was happy to help the veteran and her children.