Boise, ID — Mike Gabler, a 52-year-old Meridian heart valve specialist, won Survivor season 43, earning him a million dollars.
But he's not keeping it.
"There are people who need the money more," said Gabler after finding out he won the prize0. "I'm going to donate the entire prize, the million dollars, in my father's name, Robert Gabler, who was a Green Beret. To veterans in need who came back with trauma, psychiatric problems, PTSD and to curb the suicide epidemic. We're going to save lives, do something good."
Gabler's the second oldest contestant to win a Survivor season.
He went in with the goal of being the "Happy Helper" but ended up calling himself the "Silent Assassin".
CBS2 talked to Gabler before the season aired, but after it was filmed.
You can watch the interview and read what he said about his experience here.
