When He Can't Find a Friend With a Couch, He Sleeps Under Bridges

by Mark Horvath · 2010-08-18 14:16:00 UTC
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This new video comes from Mark's InvisiblePeople.tv 30-city, 11,000-mile, 75-day road trip, going on now.

Marty has been homeless for two years, ever since his mom told him he was trash and kicked him out. He is 19 now.

He completed Job Corps but that wasn't enough to help him get on his feet and stay there. Sometimes he couch hops and sometimes he sleeps under bridges. He's applying for disability now it the hopes that it will allow him to support himself.

We met in Wichita, Kansas, where Marty struggles to survive on a daily basis.

Special thanks to Wichita Children’s Home

Mark Horvath is an activist for the homeless. He vlogs at invisiblepeople.tv and blogs at hardlynormal.com. He was formerly homeless in Hollywood.
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