I think I did a damn good solid deed to someone tonight

Please don’t be TL;dr or sarcastic in this thread. It pretty emotional

I live in Destin and I like to walk everywhere because I like getting my steps in to hit 12,000+ per day for exercise

I walked up to the gas station tonight to get some beer and dip and I come across this dude wearing a back pack and holding a duffle bag on the way back to my place. I immediately had my guard up while passing this guy on the same sidewalk. This dude could rob me, etc etc

He asked me how far down was the Greyhound Bus Station... I told him Destin does not have a greyhound bus station... you have to go down to Ft Walton Beach. He broke down.

He lost everything in Hurricane Michael including his work truck, house, all of his tools that his dad and grand dad gave him and all of the other tools he bought throughout the years. He has nothing. He was renting the house and the insurance company paid the owner and the owner is just going to take the money and run.

He has been walking from Panama City (not PCB) - Panama City for weeks trying to get to this bus station so he can go back to Atlanta to stay with family. I guess the Panama City bus station is destroyed.

He had a backpack and a duffle bag with him. He said that’s all he had left. He was just walking to get to the bus station.

Me, I’m kind of freaking out if I am getting played or a robbery is about to happen.. I felt it was 100% sincere.

I told him hey let’s walked together to the store.. follow me.. I went to the ATM.. got out $50 for him.. called a taxi... let him pick out a hotdog and a water.. asked him if he needed cigs.. he said nope, I just want to get home.

When the taxi arrived, I told her where to go and any leftover money out of the $50 to please give to him

The moral of the story here is that the government and media wants to push racism down our throats. I just don’t see it. We are all people trying to help each other in life and just live life.

When that taxi arrived, I’ve never received a hug bigger than what this random guy gave me. He stunk dude. It was awkward to me but the tears were real with him.

I’ll never see this guy again in my life.. but it felt special, even though I thought I was potentially going to get robbed, to help another American out when needed and he turned out to be the sweetest man ever who just lost everything in his life while trying to make a living. He was broken.

I walked home and just broke down with tears.

This wonderful man worked hard his entire life and lost everything in one day.

I’m struggling with this