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LaCinda Thackeray Delivers $174K Check to Veteran

7/21/2026

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  • LaCinda Thackeray delivered a $174,000 check to James Blair after traveling to California.
  • The video generated over 9 million views, 800,000 likes and 8,000 comments within hours.
  • The linked GoFundMe raised $180,521 from nearly 6,000 donors.
  • Blair, a 64-year-old Navy veteran at John Wayne Airport since 2006, said the money will pay his mother’s care, his own expenses and a new bed.