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Brevard County Community Unites to Help Vietnam Veteran Rebuild After Flooding Destroys Cocoa Home

By  //  October 29, 2025

John Hilton, a proud Army veteran who served his country more than five decades ago, lost nearly everything when floodwaters poured into his home during the weekend storms. “The water was coming right over these sandbags,” Hilton said earlier this week when Channel 9 first met him. “I unplugged everything and tried to save what I could, but it just kept rising.”

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA (WFTV)  – What started as a heartbreaking story of loss has turned into a powerful show of compassion and community in Brevard County.

Just days after torrential rain flooded parts of Cocoa, dozens of people, many of them strangers, came together to help a 77-year-old Vietnam veteran rebuild his life.

John Hilton, a proud Army veteran who served his country more than five decades ago, lost nearly everything when floodwaters poured into his home during the weekend storms. “The water was coming right over these sandbags,” Hilton said earlier this week when Channel 9 first met him. “I unplugged everything and tried to save what I could, but it just kept rising.”

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