HOUSTON --
Some of Houston's finest who help residents every day need help themselves after they were left homeless by Hurricane Ike, KPRC Local 2 reported Tuesday.
Jason Cox has been a Houston firefighter for six years.
"I love helping people. There's a satisfaction seeing a smile on their face," said Cox.
Cox was working when Ike hit. He wondered if his home in San Leon, Texas, would still be standing after the storm.
"Eight hours before the storm water rising on the roads, I knew there would be water in the house," said Cox.
He went home two days later to find everything inside drenched. He won't be living there ever again.
As of Tuesday night, there were about 30 firefighters left without homes after Ike, and ten more who already relocated.
"These guys are heroes, and they don't even have a place to rent," said Carrie Dalton with the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
Her group is trying to find places for the firefighters to stay, since each year they help raise hundreds of thousands for the association. Along with the firefighters' union, they're making calls to search for new homes.
"I think it's very nice," said Cox.
Cox and his lab, Sadie, are staying at the fire station and with relatives. He said he's trying to remain positive.
"It's bad losing your home, but good I get a new house out of it, I guess," he said.
They're not looking for handouts, but they are looking for some place these firefighters and their families can stay, even temporarily.
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