More than 500 children in Alabama reportedly live in homes without a roof . When social workers told him about the neighborhood children who had no way to travel to and from appointments for chemotherapy , physical therapy and even for regular checkups , Jackson started driving them there himself . Fireman Russell Johnson quit his job to start a nonprofit to help fill that gap . Mobile Metro has ferried disabled children to and from medical - related appointments .
More than 500 children in Alabama reportedly live in homes without a roof . Fireman Russell Johnson quit his job to start a nonprofit to help fill that gap . Mobile Metro has ferried disabled children to and from medical - related appointments .