In a heartwarming incident that highlights the power of compassion and human connection, a woman's selfless act of kindness saved the life of a struggling homeless man.
Casey Fischer was in between classes when she stopped at Dunkin Donuts for a coffee. That's where she spotted the homeless man picking up change on the side of the road. Eventually she watched him stroll into Dunkin, counting his change to see what he could buy.
Casey went over to engage him in conversation and, since he only had about $1 in change, she bought him a coffee and bagel and asked him to sit down with her.
He told her a lot about how people are usually very mean to him because he's homeless, how drugs turned him into the person he hated, he lost his mom to cancer, he never knew his dad and he just wants to be someone his mom would be proud of. They spoke for about an hour, drinking their coffees.
Casey posted on social media that "this lovely man's name was Chris and Chris was one of the most honest and sincere people I've ever met."
After realizing she really needed to get back to class, Chris asked her to wait so he could write something down for her. Handing Casey a crumpled up receipt, he apologized for having shaky hand writing, smiled, and left. Casey opened his note and this is what it said:
"I wanted to kill myself today, because of u I now do not. Thank u, beautiful person."