Australian heads to Greece to help crying pensioner in photo

Giorgos Chatzifotiadis sitting on the ground crying outside a Greek bank on July 3, 2015. -AFP filepic

SYDNEY: An Australian touched by an image of a pensioner sobbing outside a Greek bank said Wednesday he was flying over to Europe to support the man financially after discovering he was a family friend.

Giorgos Chatzifotiadis, 77, broke down in Greece’s second city of Thessaloniki last week and cried in despair after he failed at four different financial institutions to withdraw a pension of 120 euros (US$132) on behalf of his wife.