The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

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The kindness of strangers: I was injured and using crutches, when a group of scary teens offered to help me

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Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 27 days ago

Hobbling past them on my way to the store, I heard one of them call out. I assumed he was mocking me, then few of them ran up and offered to carry my bags

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