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New York cabbie returns $21,000 to passenger!
28Jan2010 Filed under: News Author: grahamIt’s pretty old news by now, but here’s a great story, that made my day.
Felicia Lettieri, a 72-year old woman from Italy, visited New York at Christmas. On Christmas Eve, she left her purse in a taxi. That would be bad enough, but this purse contained traveling money for her and six relatives… $21,000 to be exact!
The Police told her not to get her hopes up for recovering the money. I guess I would have told her the same.
It turns out, I’ve got quite a bit to learn about the goodness at the heart of every person.
The cabbie, a man named Mukul Asaduzzaman, drove 50 miles to Long Island, to an address he discovered inside the purse. No one was home! However, he left a note with his phone number and a message saying:
“Don’t worry Felicia… I’ll keep it safe.”
When interviewed by the New York Post, Mukul Asaduzzaman said:
“When I was 5 years old, my mother told me, ‘Be honest, work hard and you will raise your station.”
Isn’t that incredible? Yet, most incredible of all is the end of the story, that may both take your breath away and bring tears to your eyes…
Mr. Asaduzzaman refused any kind of reward.
Is it just me, or is that what Christmas is really all about?!
HT: Seeing Good
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