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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDrivers honked as a man in a wheelchair raced home during a storm. This teen stopped to push him...
Beck lost both of his legs last year and is legally blind, according to CNN affiliate KMOV4. It would normally take him 25 minutes to get back home from the supermarket, and he would need to stop as many as 10 times to rest.
"Everyone kept telling me the storm is coming and you need to hurry up and get home," Beck told the station.
While other drivers honked and yelled at Beck as he tried to cross the street Tuesday and make it up the hill, 16-year-old Seth Phillips and his mother, Amber Gilleylen, stopped their car so Seth could push him the rest of the way home.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/25/us/st-louis-wheelchair-storm-teen-trnd/index.html?utm_source=twCNN&utm_term=image&utm_medium=social&utm_content=2019-05-25T14%3A31%3A02
tymorial
(3,433 posts)H2O Man
(73,513 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,169 posts)malaise
(268,734 posts)demmiblue - special thanks for your uplifting posts.
demmiblue
(36,824 posts)Gotta take some time to see the good in the world!
badhair77
(4,210 posts)Good job, Amber and Seth!
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)We need more of it.
Billy Ray Joe Bob.
(65 posts)There is still hope for humankind. Nice to see it.
pazzyanne
(6,546 posts)Amber and Seth Gilleylen are patriotic Americans who know the true meaning of honoring our veterans for their sacrifices. Shame on those who leaned on their car horns instead of leaning on a wheelchair while pushing it and its occupant to safety!
liberalmuse
(18,672 posts)People with love and compassion in their hearts. The media won't always focus on these people, but we should, because they're everywhere. In fact, most people are decent human beings who care about others and have the same hopes and dreams as we do. It's so easy to forget that when the media focuses on the worst among us in order to get higher ratings and more money from advertisers.
I absolutely loved seeing these 2 stories this morning!
CousinIT
(9,226 posts)At the end of the video in the OP, Floyd the mailman is mentioned (another feel-good story!). Here's more about that:
NOTE: On Twitter, Delta offered to pay for Floyd's airfare to Hawaii
https://people.com/human-interest/more-than-300-neighbors-throw-retirement-block-party-for-beloved-mailman-of-34-years-and-raise-money-for-his-dream-vacation/
During his nearly 34 years as a mail carrier in Marietta, Georgia, Floyd Martin has been more like a beloved relative making a daily visit. Kids have peered out their windows awaiting Martins arrival, which always included lollipops. Hes given dogs along the route Milk Bones and fed neighborhood cats.
Last summer, Martin decided to retire and Thursday was his last day. Neighbor Jennifer Brett followed Martin along his final deliveries, and as she detailed on Twitter, people greeted Martin with hugs and presents.
They decorated their mailboxes with Mr. Floyd tributes and said their warm goodbyes. When we met Floyd, said one neighbor, it was like he was an old friend. Another said: He always had a smile, always had a wave.
And, Brett tweeted, Kids on his route love, love, L-O-V-E Mr. Floyd. This includes Mae Bullington, who dressed up as Martin for her schools career day. I was so flattered, he said. It touched my heart.
When neighbors found out he wanted to go to Hawaii, they started a GoFundMe campaign to help him realize this dream.
There was a fullfledged effort to make sure he knew how much everyone loved him, wrote neighbors on the GoFundMe page. To say that he would be missed would prove to be a complete understatement.
Martin lives in Atlanta with his dog, Gigi. He doesnt have children, just the 500+ houses worth of kids he spends 6+ hours with every day, Brett writes in a tweet.
At the end of the day, the neighborhood surprised Floyd with a block party attended by over 300 people.
This twitter thread is a great read:
Link to tweet
A pic of Floyd and some of his mail route family:
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)Out of DC!
Thanks for making my day!
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)Please don't knock the good people who live there... sounds kinda right-wingish.
True Blue American
(17,981 posts)For people like Trump, his enablers in Congress.
I am also sure you knew who I was referring to.
GoCubsGo
(32,075 posts)It sounds like the GoFundMe raised a shitpile of money, so that would easily cover island-hopping, souvenirs, meals, tours, and whatever else he wants to do. I hope Delta is sending him first class.
CousinIT
(9,226 posts)catrose
(5,061 posts)marybourg
(12,602 posts)From the comfort of their dry car seats. I can hardly believe this. And I grew up in NYC.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Our mailman was Mr. Hastings. He brought our mail every day in a huge leather bag he carried on his shoulder. He walked through our neighborhood, house to house. Rain or shine, blistering heat or frigid cold, we could count on Mr. Hastings to bring our mail. One summer, he stopped at the lemonade stand built by me, my sister and our playmate, Tommy. We were thrilled he bought some of our lemonade because business was slow. Ah, happy memories of childhood.
It is wonderful to hear about other beloved figures. It was clear that the community in GA really loved their Mr. Hastings.
Hats off to the kind hearted teen, as well. We NEED more stories like this to remind us there is still good in the world. It is what helps us balance out the rotten things in the world. Indeed, it is what helps us triumph over the terrible things that are also in our lives.
KY_EnviroGuy
(14,488 posts)we need to step out and get back in the habit of saying thanks to our mail person and trash collectors every few days. Every tidbit of gratitude toward our fellow man adds up to forming a more loving, caring community.
When I get complacent, I try to remind myself that every act of kindness is a counterweight to the right-wing's shredding of our communities. Brotherly love is alien to them.
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barbtries
(28,774 posts)so lacking empathy and sympathy and caring.
did you notice how the talking head called this act of kindness "extraordinary"? It shouldn't be out of the ordinary to help a person in need! That kind of characterization in my opinion serves to make those without feelings to feel okay about it.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)But advertising the good in humankind is surely an improvement over the bad that sells everyday in the news. An act of kindness isn't extraordinary but the media surely makes it seem that way. They should say "another common act of kindness that we applaud".
barbtries
(28,774 posts)she literally used the word "extraordinary." really? it's that unusual for people to help each other out?
SWBTATTReg
(22,077 posts)this too. Lend a helping hand when needed.
defacto7
(13,485 posts)And yes I am yelling.
Here's hoping that empathy increases and apathy decreases. Empathy is the only positive evolutionary attribute we can offer our planet.
Bravo Seth!
PatrickforO
(14,561 posts)It is infuriating to know that people actually honked at a guy in a wheelchair.
Good for this kid.
MH1
(17,573 posts)I have to ask "what the fuck is wrong with people?" way too often.
Always makes me happy to see the better people.
jovibennett
(120 posts)Nice to see there are still people who care about others and are willing to help in times of need
Duppers
(28,117 posts)I get emotional seeing such kindness.
This is the way the world should be: kind!
LuckyCharms
(17,416 posts)oasis
(49,340 posts)demigoddess
(6,640 posts)I am so proud to be an american with americans like you in the world.
oldtime dfl_er
(6,930 posts)a good deed in a rotten world.