AM Show Hr 2 | Houston’s Lost Treasures & Veterans Day Tribute
The Michael Berry Show
KTRH
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2025
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
Michael Berry shares a moving Veterans Day story of resilience and generosity, then welcomes author William Dylan Powell to explore Houston’s nostalgic gems—from Astroworld to the Redneck Country Club. Plus, a spotlight on Camp Hope and how you can support veterans in need.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an IHeart podcast. |
| 0:07.7 | It's that time. |
| 0:11.6 | Lock and load. |
| 0:15.0 | The Michael Vary Show is on the air. |
| 0:52.2 | One other veterans day note. Veterans Day note, you will remember I was seeking a donor because Vinnie Tortorella at Muscle Cars of Houston had a situation. |
| 1:04.4 | And there was a woman who was in Iraq and she was saved by another I think it was a Marine but I'm not positive of that might have been the army and she is see if i have it written down here i don't think i |
| 1:14.9 | do anyway uh her legs had been uh had she lost her legs she was bleeding out she was dying and |
| 1:25.4 | the guy who was saving her was she said I have nothing to live for |
| 1:31.1 | I don't have my legs and he said no no stay with me we're going to get you back you're going to |
| 1:35.0 | make it through this and the only thing he knew to talk to her about was that he loved old |
| 1:41.0 | vehicles he said you like old vehicles I've got a I, I've got a Bronco. I let's say, |
| 1:46.6 | it was a 78. I don't remember what it was, late 70s. I got a 78 Bronco that I've been |
| 1:52.9 | wanting to restore. And she said, it turns out she loved old, she loved this type of thing. He said, I tell you what, if you will |
| 2:03.1 | survive, I promise you, I will restore that Bronco and I will give it to you. And she said, |
| 2:09.0 | you're just saying that. He said, no, he did it. And so she survived and he donates it. |
| 2:19.1 | And so they go to Vinny Tortorella and it's going to cost about, I think it was $70,000. |
| 2:25.7 | And Vinny said, look, I'm doing this myself. |
| 2:28.5 | It's going to cost me hard money, 70 grand, in addition to labor and things that I can eat. |
| 2:34.8 | But if you could find me a donor, it would help. |
| 2:37.6 | So I put it out in a fellow named Mark Katie has a company called Arklitex Financial Services. |
| 2:44.2 | He and his wife said, we'll do the whole thing. |
| 2:47.2 | And so I drove over that afternoon and met them at their offices on I-10 somewhere around Gessner. |
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