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Tuesday, February 03, 2015

Funds pour in for Detroit man walks 21 miles to, from work

DETROIT (AP) — Hundreds of people have contributed tens of thousands of dollars to help a Detroit man who says he typically walks 21 miles to get to and from work.

The Detroit Free Press (http://on.freep.com/1yujefU ) reports that James Robertson rides buses part of the way to and from his factory job in suburban Rochester Hills, but because they don’t cover the whole route, he ends up walking about 8 miles before his shift starts at 2 p.m. and 13 more when it’s over at 10. Lately, he’s been getting occasional rides from a banker who passed him walking every day and finally asked what he was doing.

After the newspaper wrote about the 56-year-old’s situation over the weekend, multiple people started crowdfunding efforts to help him buy a car and pay for insurance. Some have offered to drive him for free and others have offered to buy or give him cars.

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http://www.gofundme.com/l7girc 

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

More people need to have this man's work ethic. I have no problem helping someone who is trying they best they can to cope in this great recession!

Anonymous said...

This is what is great about America .

Anonymous said...

Dont give to laura mitcHELL.

Anonymous said...

Muslims wouldn't do this.

Anonymous said...

Be careful giving your money. Lots of times this stuff ends up being bull. If he has a job he should buy a clunker.