'I remember feeling hungry, lost and in tears.' How being homeless during a recession prepared him for Covid-19
April 23, 2020 at 13:28 PM EDT
After the Great Recession, Mike Whitefield was mostly unemployed and homeless. He lived off condiments and the McDonald's Dollar Menu. Those were some dark times, but he's come a long way since then. Here's what he learned — and why he refuses to let Covid-19 knock him down.