The Joseph Groh Foundation Assists New York Carpenter
The organization donated a handicapped assistance van
NEW YORK — Kenneth Gagot worked as a carpenter for a construction firm, and his wife was a teacher in a nearby town. Their son was attending an Ivy League college in pursuit of a medical degree. Like many in his trade, Gagot worked jobs on the side for extra money.
In 2014, an accident turned Gagot’s life upside down. He was pulling shutters off a second-story window, when he slipped and fell off of a ladder. As a result, he broke his neck and damaged his spinal cord at the C-5 vertebrae. The rest of the year was a blur of hospitals, rehab facilities, and operations.