Homeless man spent his last $20 to keep her safe. She's raised $250,000 to repay him
Share
Tweet
November 26, 2017
Elizabeth Robertson, AP
In this Nov. 17, 2017, photo, Johnny Bobbitt Jr., left, Kate McClure, right, and McClure's boyfriend, Mark D'Amico, pose at a CITGO station in Philadelphia. When McClure ran out of gas, Bobbitt, who is homeless, gave his last $20 to buy gas for her.
FLORENCE, N.J. – (This story has been updated to reflect that the GoFundMe account had raised $250,000 by Thursday afternoon, Nov. 23, 2017 – up from $34,000 when the story was originally published the day before.)
Kate McClure didn't expect to run out of gas on her drive to Philadelphia last month.
And she definitely didn't expect that her misfortune would give her the opportunity to change someone else's life.
Pulled over on the side of I-95, McClure, 27, was approached by a homeless man named Johnny. She was apprehensive at first, but Johnny told her to get back into her car and to lock the...
For access to this article please
sign in or
subscribe.
Reader Comments(0)