Woman Raises $100,000 For Homeless Man Who Gave Her His Last $20
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A New Jersey woman has raised more than $110,000 in just 12 days for a homeless man who gave her his last $20 for petrol when she was stranded.
Kate McClure, 27, was driving into Philadelphia at 11pm just under two weeks ago when her car broke down in the middle of the road. She was despairing, stranded and scared when a homeless man offered his help – and his last $20 – to McLure.
Johnny Bobbit Jnr, 34, told Kate to get in the car and lock the doors, promising he’d be back with petrol – or gas for our friends across the ocean – spending his last few cents on this act of kindness.
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She had no money to pay Johnny back, but McLure, who works for the New Jersey Department of Transportation, and her boyfriend, Mark D’Amico, 38, returned over the next few days to pay his kindness forward.
As they got to know Johnny better, they were amazed by his story. He was an ammunition technician in the Marines, and then trained to be a paramedic.
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