Alex Boerner

PORTRAITS II

   
  
     
  
   
Army veteran Bill Edwards lives alone, paying the $600 rent with his only source of income, $682 Social Security Check that he receives monthly. Edwards has emphysema and a bad left knee and his health has been deteriorating rapidly. He found that he gets winded even making the short walk to the neighbor's house. "My fun days, it looks like they're ending very abruptly," he said. "I'll tell you what really gets me is that I can't go anywhere," he added. His car was recently reposessed while he was in the hospital, and he missed this past Veteran's Day parade for the first time in 30 years.
   
for Florida Blood Centers. (Photo by Deborah Silver and Alex Boerner)
     
  
Members of the Fort Pierce Byzantine Catholic Church.
   
for FADER Magazine
   
for FADER Magazine
     
  
for The New York Post
   
Martin Luther King Day Parade
   
     
  
for The Children's Home Society of Florida's Heart Gallery initiative to adopt children in the foster care system.
   
for The Children's Home Society of Florida's Heart Gallery initiative to adopt children in the foster care system.
   
     
  
Port St. Lucie High School senior Larry Sanders is the Scripps Treasure Coast 2007 Boys Basketball Player of the Year.
   
Lincoln Park Academy senior Andrew Robinson is the Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers' 2008 Boys Track and Field Player of the Year.
   
Lincoln Park Academy senior James Turner is the 2008 Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers Boys Swimmer of the Year.
     
  
Tina McIntyre is the 2006 Scripps Treasure Coast Newspapers High School Girls Swimmer of the Year.