55 plus: FIRST BABY BOOMER
- 02/13/08 02:04 PM
Kathleen Casey-Kirschling, Vero Beach, Florida, Seasonal Resident, Receives Her First Social Security Check
Photo by Sam Wolfe Kathleen "Kathy" Casey-Kirschling, center, and her husband Patrick, right, speak with Kel LaBranche, left, after a press conference Tuesday morning at the Indian River County Administration Building. Kathy, who was born one second after midnight on Januray 1, 1946, is the nation's first Baby Boomer. Kathy made history yesterday as the first of our generation to receive a Social Security retirement benefit. As the first Baby Boomer, Kathy is leading what is often referred to as America's silver tsunami. Over the next two decades, nearly 80 million Americans will (4 comments)