Stanley and Mary Ann Huddle simply decided not to participate in the recession.

Kaneohe, HI—Stanley and Mary Ann Huddle are Baby Boomers who got slammed by the recession. Huddle is a former airline pilot who spent the last 17 years in the cockpit of a Boeing 747 jumbo jet, flying for Japan Air Lines. Mary Ann managed the family front as a stay at home mom who dabbled with network marketing. And then the global economic tsunami hit. “The effect on us was very real, and very personal,” Huddle said. “We lost most of our life savings in an investment scam almost two years ago and then I lost my job this year.”