Showing posts with label good deed. Show all posts
Showing posts with label good deed. Show all posts

Friday, May 15, 2015

"It'd mean a lot to me and my brother" (video at the link)

"Sons of fallen Weld County Sheriff's Deputy outbid at auction for dad's squad car; get keys anyway"
Tanner was just 15, when his dad, Weld County Deputy Sam Brownlee, was killed in the line of duty after a police chase in 2010.

Nearly five years later, Tanner and his brother, Chase, were hoping to get one of their dad's prized possessions from the Weld County Sheriff's Office.

As the bids reached $50,000, Tanner's limit had clearly come and gone, just like his dad's car.

"60! Sold it your way, Mr. Steve Wells. Thank you very much," said the auctioneer.

The car sold for $60,000 to a local rancher. Tanner didn't know Wells before Wednesday, but won't be able to forget him now.

As soon as the auctioneer handed Wells the keys, he turned to Tanner.

"Tanner, here's your car," said Wells.

"You had no idea that that guy in the back was bidding and was going to hand you the keys?" asked 7NEWS reporter Marshall Zelinger.

"Nope. I shook his hand and I didn't know," said Tanner. "It means so much to me."

Monday, September 15, 2014

"On 9/11 I saw the worst of humanity, the absolute worst, on 9/12 I saw the best"

Mass. woman solves mystery of 9/11 photo.
Keefe found the photo at ground zero right after the attacks. She made it her mission to find out the story behind it.

Elizabeth Stringer Keefe posted a wedding picture on social media every 9/11, hoping to find the people in the photo.

But every year was the same -- no leads.
This year, however... one message from Fred Mahe changed everything.

"When he answered the phone he said his name, and I said, 'This is Elizabeth Stringer Keefe.' And he paused for a minute and said, 'You are awesome,'" Keefe said. "I said, 'Are you in that photo?' He said, 'That is my photo.' And it was unbelievable. I immediately started crying."

Mahe worked in tower two. He had just come off the subway when the building was hit.

The photo, taken at his friend's wedding, was tacked to his desk on the 77th floor.

Mahe now lives in Colorado. He said all six people in the photo are alive and well.