A random act of kindness lifts spirits in London
From: World News - A random act of kindness lifts spirits in London
By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com
LONDON -- An apparently homeless man looks through a trashcan
for food. Many people in big cities like London would simply walk on by.
But not Lewis Dediara. The 47-year-old was cycling to Parliament Hill
park to fly a kite, when he noticed the “clearly hungry” man and decided
to help, the London Evening Standard reported.
He got off his bicycle and offered to buy the man food from a nearby
store. The encounter was captured by a camera Dediara wears on
his helmet after he was knocked off his bicycle twice by vehicles in
the past, the paper said.
“Are you hungry sir? ... Tell me what you want. Go and pick whatever
you like … I’ll buy it for you, get anything you want,” Dediara says to
the man.
'Is that all you want?'
The man picks up only a pint of milk and a bag of chips, and Dediara,
who posted the video on YouTube, is heard asking more than once,
“Is that all you want? You sure?”
The video, entitled "Always Help your Fellow Man," has gotten
more than 60,000 views since it was posted on May 13.
Dediara, originally from Nigeria, told the Evening Standard he was
“astonished” by the popularity of the film. "I saw this man standing
there - he was clearly hungry. When I saw him rooting through the
bin I couldn't just leave him there,” he told the paper. "I come from
a family where we are raised to help others when we see them
suffering. I should have bought him more than what he wanted.
Next time I see him I'll buy him a burger."
He added he had put the clip on YouTube because "sometimes
London is a place where people don't take the time to care for
others."
Comments added by people who viewed the video appeared to be
mostly positive.
"One side I feel good for what you did, another side of me asks the
question, would he have done that if not for the go pro [video] on his
head?" wrote one viewer.
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From: World News - A random act of kindness lifts spirits in London
By Ian Johnston, msnbc.com
LONDON -- An apparently homeless man looks through a trashcan
for food. Many people in big cities like London would simply walk on by.
But not Lewis Dediara. The 47-year-old was cycling to Parliament Hill
park to fly a kite, when he noticed the “clearly hungry” man and decided
to help, the London Evening Standard reported.
He got off his bicycle and offered to buy the man food from a nearby
store. The encounter was captured by a camera Dediara wears on
his helmet after he was knocked off his bicycle twice by vehicles in
the past, the paper said.
“Are you hungry sir? ... Tell me what you want. Go and pick whatever
you like … I’ll buy it for you, get anything you want,” Dediara says to
the man.
'Is that all you want?'
The man picks up only a pint of milk and a bag of chips, and Dediara,
who posted the video on YouTube, is heard asking more than once,
“Is that all you want? You sure?”
The video, entitled "Always Help your Fellow Man," has gotten
more than 60,000 views since it was posted on May 13.
Dediara, originally from Nigeria, told the Evening Standard he was
“astonished” by the popularity of the film. "I saw this man standing
there - he was clearly hungry. When I saw him rooting through the
bin I couldn't just leave him there,” he told the paper. "I come from
a family where we are raised to help others when we see them
suffering. I should have bought him more than what he wanted.
Next time I see him I'll buy him a burger."
He added he had put the clip on YouTube because "sometimes
London is a place where people don't take the time to care for
others."
Comments added by people who viewed the video appeared to be
mostly positive.
"Thank you mr cyclist man ! seeing this give me hope in
humanity," one wrote. "That is good, we need more people
like you and I shall do the same given the opportunity!" said
another.
"One time outside a subway in canada some homeless
drug addict came to me pan handling in exchange to wash
my windows on my car. I didnt have cash so i bought him
a sub. Best feeling ever...," wrote a third.
There was, however, some cynicism.humanity," one wrote. "That is good, we need more people
like you and I shall do the same given the opportunity!" said
another.
"One time outside a subway in canada some homeless
drug addict came to me pan handling in exchange to wash
my windows on my car. I didnt have cash so i bought him
a sub. Best feeling ever...," wrote a third.
"One side I feel good for what you did, another side of me asks the
question, would he have done that if not for the go pro [video] on his
head?" wrote one viewer.
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