“He patted my cheek and kept me calm and conscious until help came.
I never saw his face, but I remember his kind voice and thoughtfulness.”
As you did in those days, we went to the local gay bar for the evening.
Anonymous
2.
“This is such a small thing, but it always reminds me of the kindness of strangers.
A couple years ago, I was exploring Istanbul and walked into something on my way to the tram.
One of them was waving a sanitizing wipe.”
“They had noticed my leg and tossed it to me to clean up.
I yelled thank you, and they kept on walking.
Then another guy from down the platform came over to me.
He had noticed the exchange and saw my bleeding leg as well.
He dug into his backpack and found a couple bandages for me.
Then, he, too, just went on his way.
laurens156
3.
“While in high school, mybest friendand I were driving to Daytona Beach, Florida.
Along the way, my car broke down on a dark, isolated stretch of highway.
Soon a car with several men pulled up.
They kept offering my best friend beer after beer while attempting to fix my car.
The guys said filthy things to me, and my friend was plastered on beer.
I knew I was in serious danger.”
“Then I heard a loud rumbling almost like thunder.
It kept getting closer and closer.
Soon I realized it was a large motorcycle gang passing us.
They quickly came back to where I was broke down.
These were the typical motorcycle gang riders you saw in movies.
Wearing leather, big scary looking men.
In reality, they were my guardian angels.
They made the guys that were there get in their car and leave.
They promptly fixed my car and helped my drunk best friend into the car.
Then poof, they were gone.
I never even got to say thank you.
Thank you guys, Ill never forget what you did for us.”
“I was a recent grad living in our nations capital.
My car got repossessed.
The next day, I still had to go to work.
Pouring rain, riding an unfamiliar bus in a new city.
The end of the route was miles away from my office, and I was lost.”
“The bus driver noticed my distress but had to drop me at the last stop.
Just a nice guy.”
Teddy Haskell
5.
“I was leaving my husband, so we were on our way to divorcing.
He asked me to dinner to talk.
I said I would meet him there.
I did not want to be a prisoner in his car.
He was very controlling.
The dinner started out civil but ended with us fighting and me walking out to my car.
He followed me, trying to stop me from getting into my car.
He grabbed my keys and threw them across the crowded parking lot.
He then left me there.”
I started to cry.
It was so overwhelming.
Until a car pulled up with an older couple that saw the whole thing.
They had my keys!!!
I cried harder but for joy.
heidiheller315
6.
To this day, I think about what could have happened if this stranger hadn’t shown up.
I had the opportunity to thank him some time later.
His name is Joao.”
“At another concert, I was being crushed in the pit, and I fell.
“He stayed with me until they cleared me to leave he missed, like, four songs.”
ierolover
8.
“I was driving a coworker home.
We turned off the main street on to a side road.
“I quickly pulled over and ran back to the little girl.
My friend ran down the street to where some people were working.
One person knew where the little girl lived.
It was two blocks away on another street.
We took the little girl to her house, and the dog followed us.
She would have been killed if we hadnt stopped the car.”
forestmelodies
9.
“My cousin and I were teenagers in ‘85.
I had no tools and was barely 16.
It was hot AF outside.
“We rationed our water and sat in the shade of the car.
A few hours later, a Winnebago pulls in.
An older man and his wife got out of the car.
He was a retired mechanic.
He fixed my car while she made us food.
I asked for his name and number so my parents could call and thank him.
He gave it to me, along with his home address.
When we got to my aunt and uncle’s house, they had been worried.
We told them what happened.
That’s not something one man can do in a parking lot.”
mrrobinson23
10.
“My sister and I were traveling overseas in London, and I fell getting off the train.
I suffered a nasty collarbone break that later required surgery.
I was in pain and passing out, and my sister was having trouble getting help.”
He patted my cheek and kept me calm and conscious until help came.
I never saw his face, but I remember his kind voice and thoughtfulness.”
I was so scared to answer him because I was thinking the absolute worst.
He insisted that he give me a ride home and that hed keep me safe.
I felt paralyzed with fear.
Yet, he plugged my address into his GPS, and soon enough, I was outside my house.
I understand why you are scared.
I hope that you find better friends.’
I continued to cry and tell him both sorry and thank you profusely for helping me.
I woke up the next day half embarrassed and half thankful.
Im convinced that I met an angel that night.”
“I have heart failure, but I’ve been fine since they put in a pacemaker.
Then something changed, and I had trouble breathing unless I was sitting.
I made an appointment with the heart clinic at the hospital.
I could barely breathe trying to walk in, so I was leaning on a sign outside.
This random man asked me if I was OK.
I told him I needed to sit down.
He went and got a wheelchair.”
“Then he wheeled me up to the clinic on the fifth floor.
I must have thanked him five or six times.
I was in the hospital for three days, and they fixed me.
Thank you, thank you, sir.”
“I was in a pretty bad relationship with an addict when I was in high school.
After I finished whatever was in the cup, I started getting really sick and feeling super weird.
“He tried to talk to me and could tell I had been drugged with something pretty strong.
I was pretty nonverbal but clearly freaked out enough when he mentioned my boyfriend to understand what had happened.
So when my boyfriend came to the door and demanded to see me, he wouldnt let him.
He didnt let anyone in and waited with me until my friend came to pick me up.
I refused to see my ex ever again after that.
Who knows what would have happened without him?”
“I was studying abroad before cellphones.
After the school portion of the trip, I was to travel alone a flight to Spain from Belgium.
I was a 19-year-old girl.”
“When I arrived at the airport, I found it was closed for a strike.
I had to get a train toFranceand a plane from there.
It was crowded and confusing, and I had a lot of luggage.
A Portuguese businessman saw me struggling and asked me in English what was going on.
He carried my bags, accompanied me on the train, and ensured I got on a plane.
He was my hero.”
I was in shock, and crawled to the sidewalk, crying from pain.
A kind stranger saw my fall as he was driving by, and pulled over.
He ran to me, with a bottle of water and napkins to wash out my scratches.”
I looked horrible covered in blood and in throbbing pain.
