Good Samaritans meet homeless Czech man in New York, buy him a ticket home

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Czech national Jaroslav first came to the United States in September in hopes of finding work.

But things didn’t work out as planned for the 53-year-old. He lost his job at an Orlando-area hotel, went to New York City only to be robbed of everything he owned when he fell asleep at the bus station, and ended up living between homeless shelters and on the streets of Manhattan for more than a month.

All Jaroslav (whose last name is not known) wanted was to get home to the Czech Republic and see his family again.

And then he met members of the YouTube comedy group Whatever in Union Square Park in early November. They were out with Brandon Levithan, the owner of clothing company Thread Society, handing out sweatshirts, blankets and hats to the homeless to keep them warm through the winter. (They were inspired by similar Good Samaritan videos like the help-a-homeless-veteran time lapse and Whatever’s own “Giving a Homeless Man $3,000.”)



http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/good-samaritans-meet-homeless-czech-man-in-new-york--buy-him-a-ticket-home-014832347.htm

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1. Link doesn't work. Never mind. It worked when I tried again. nt