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Man, 61, walks 35 miles to work every day to support his sick wife
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A 61-year-old janitor has revealed how he walks 35 miles to his night shift job so he can afford to provide for his sick wife, Daily Mail reported.
Steven Simoff works at the Lakeside Casino in Osceola, Iowa, but lives in Davis City, more than six hours on foot down the bleak Interstate Highway 35, according to the report.
In order to get to work for his 11pm shift he leaves his home at 3:30pm and walks alongside four lanes of thundering traffic in sun, rain, wind or snow, said the report.
Simoff lives with his wife, Renee, who receives Supplemental Security Income and their 22-year-old grandson, Steven, who is currently unemployed.
Money has been tight since Renee suffered a stroke nine years ago. She has also had a couple of heart attacks.
Earning US$9.07 an hour in his casino job, Simoff says his family can't afford to live closer to work because their rent in Davis City is just $400 per month.
Simoff owns a 2002 Ford Windstar minivan, but says he can rarely afford to buy gas for it.
On average Simoff spends nearly four hours a day walking to work.
'It all depends on weather and what people feel like that day, if they're going to stop and pick you up,' he said.
On his way home, Simoff is able to hitch a ride most of the way home with a co-worker who lives in Leon, leaving him eight miles to walk.
'He's trying to earn a living,' said Emil Segebart, who has been giving rides to Simoff for a decade.
'That's how I look at it. You're trying to earn a living and doing what it takes. And this is what it takes.'
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