Kate McClure was on her way from New Jersey to visit a
friend when she ran out of gas. She found herself stranded in the dodgy end of
Philadelphia. A homeless man saw her pull over to the side of the road. He told
her to lock her doors, and then he disappeared. Johnny Bobbit, a former Marine
who’d fallen on hard times, returned with a can of gasoline that he’d just
bought with his last $20. Kate didn’t have any cash to repay him, and he didn’t
ask for anything. In the following weeks Kate and her boyfriend Mark stopped
by his corner several times to bring warm clothing, cereal bars and bottled
water, but they wanted to do so much more. Kate set up a GoFundMe account for
Johnny, hoping it would raise enough for him to get back on his feet. As of
Thanksgiving, the donations came to more than $160,000.
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