A cancer survivor from South Carolina claims that he was asked to leave a convenience store because of his disfigured face

The man from South Carolina claims that he was asked to cover his face or leave the store.
(Brandy Evans / GoFundMe)

A man and a cancer survivor in Walterboro, South Carolina, claim to have been asked to leave a convenience store because of his disfigured face.

Kirby Evans was operated on seven years ago to remove a basal cell carcinoma, a type of skin cancer. As a result, he lost his nose and left eye.

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The 65-year-old said he went to Walterboro's Forks Pit Stop on Monday to buy a snack and a drink. When he sat down at a table in the store to eat, the manager reportedly "grabbed his t-shirt and made it into his office," said Kirby's daughter, Brandy. Evans, in a message on Facebook. The position was shared more than 8,000 times on Friday morning.

Brandy said the director reportedly told his father that he should cover his face to eat at the convenience store or leave, reported the local WCIV-News news channel.

"He left and went home crying to tell me what had happened," she said. "My father was discriminated against because of his appearance. He can not help what cancer has done to him. My dad is the strongest man I know, but, as he told me what had happened to him, I saw the tears streaming from his eyes. It hurts me to see him hurt in this way, especially for a problem that he can not help. "

Kirby echoed this feeling by saying to WCIV-News: "The words that came out of [the manager’s] the mouth hurts so badly. How can a person eat something with his face covered? "

Brandy, who said on Facebook that his father had a hard time wearing a blindfold because "it rubs his throat and where his nose is", also said that he had a fixed income and did not could afford a reconstructive surgery.

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A GoFundMe account has since been created for Kirby, raising more than $ 2,500 from its $ 10,000 goal on Friday morning.

A Forks Pit Stop representative did not immediately postpone Fox News's request for comment on Friday.