Casey Fischer is a typical New Hampshire college student and like most college students she likes her coffee.
When Casey went to the local Dunkin Donuts for her morning cup of coffee she noticed something on the side of a nearby wrote that got her attention.
It was a man picking things up from the ground. When Casey got closer, her heart broke. She realized he was collecting spare change from the side of the road.
Unlike most people, who would have carried on without a second glance, Casey decided to act.
When he entered the coffee shop after collecting his coins, Casey approached him and tried to engage the man, who counted his coins and didn’t say much.
In an effort to get to know this man, Casey bought him a bagel and cup of coffee with her own money and then the two sat down and had an amazing conversation about life.
Casey later wrote on Facebook:
today I went to Dunkin and saw a clearly homeless guy singing on the side of the road and picking up change. Eventually I saw him stroll into Dunkin, as he was counting his change to buy something I began to get super annoying and talk to him over and over again even when he didn't really want to talk. Since he had maybe $1 in change I bought him a coffee and bagel and asked him to sit down with me. He told me 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 (along with another hours worth of conversation.) this lovely mans name was Chris and Chris was one of the most honest & sincere people I've ever met.
When Casey realized she had to leave to get to her class, Chris asked her to wait while he wrote her a note. When she read the note, Casey was stunned.
Casey said:
After realizing I really need to get back to class Chris asked me to wait so he can write something down for me. Handing me a crumpled up receipt he apologizes for having shaky hand writing, smiled, and left. I opened his note and this was it. "I wanted to kill myself today because of u I now do not. Thank u, beautiful person."
Can you imagine?
With one simple act, Casey—a college student—saved a man's life.
