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_Published 2013-09-19. A fundraiser for the Good Samaritan who returned a backpack filled with money has reached nearly $100,000_


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## Transcript

It's a great thing. Mm- hm. Fresh off being honored by the Boston Police Department for finding a backpack full of cash and turning it in, Glen James is enjoying the karma that's coming back his way. I just want to thank you so much for, for being so kind. We put him in touch with Ethan Whittington, a complete stranger from Virginia who saw the story and started an online fundraiser for the man who's been homeless since 2005. You don't mean to tell me thank you, man. You're, you're the one that deserves all the credit right here. You're, you're the one that's done everything. You've revived, put my faith in humanity, in the United States, man.

In just 24 hours they've raised thousands of dollars. Those donations will help me get a brand new start in life. James found a backpack outside the store on Saturday full of $ 40, 000. There's no way I could have kept. Even a penny of that money, there's just no way, no way. He flagged down a police officer who was able to find the owner. Boston police gave him a very special plaque. And now just as he was a complete stranger to the backpack owner, other complete strangers are trying to give him a new life. I am so glad about that. I'm so glad that a total stranger can be so kind.

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