Survivor 43 winner Mike Gabler has surprised everyone after shared how he would spend his entire $1 million prize – the money will be donated to veterans.
“There are people who need that money more,” 52-year-old heart valve specialist, Gabler told host Jeff Probst during the Survivor after show. “And I’m going to donate the entire prize — the entire million dollar prize, in my father’s name, Robert Gabler, who was a Green Beret — to veterans in need who are recovering from psychiatric problems, PTSD, and curb the suicide epidemic.”
Survivor 43 Winner, Mike Gabler’s Entire $1 million Prize Goes To Veterans: “We’re Going To Save Lives And Do Something Good,”
“We’re going to save lives and do something good,” he continued to say as jurors and castmates cheered. “Season 43, all of us did this. A million dollars is going to them. We made history guys.” Gbaler had earlier shared what an impact the show had on him and other cast mates, saying, “We all have the chance of a lifetime out here, the adventure of a lifetime.
What we all learned from each other is priceless. It all made us better.” The three-hour season finale consisted of top five competitors — Gabler, Jesse Lopez, Owen Knight, Karla Cruz Godoy, and Cassidy Clark with Gabler, Clark, and Knight making it to the final three. Gabler, who is the second oldest person to win the show, said that he’s been “fortunate enough to come from a military family.”
Host Probst respectfully asked about Gabler’s financial situation, considering his “beautiful gesture,” and the winner revealed that he does not come from a rich family. “No I’ve worked very hard, I’ve been fortunate,” he said. “But you know, I realized being through this experience, I am rich at home. I have an amazing life at home. I have an amazing family.
I have amazing friends. I need to be a better husband, I need to be a better father, I need to be a better brother, I need to be a better son. I’m going to do all those things just like all of us are going to do that when we go home.”
“And to take this million dollars in this time period where there’s so much going on in the news that people don’t like to look at, and we go, ‘Well that’s why we’re watching Survivor, because amazing things happen on this show, and we just did another one on season 43.” “We’re going to help veterans in need and we’re going to donate that entire million dollars to them,” the 52-year-old continued “And I’m forever grateful that we did this. We did this guys.”
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