NYPD Officer Buys Winter Boots To Homeless Man
A photo of a New York City police officer is taking the Internet by storm. The post went up Tuesday night, and “By Wednesday evening, the post had been viewed 1.6 million times, and had attracted nearly 275,000 “likes” and more than 16,000 comments,” reports the New York Times . Total “likes” as of writing this stand at 391,108.
“It was freezing out and you could see the blisters on the man’s feet,” DePrimo recalled during an interview. “I had two pairs of socks and I was still cold.”
Snug: A worker at Skechers shows off the type of $100 boot donated to the homeless man
According to the Huffington Post, it was then the officer decided to go to a store and pick up some boots for the man: “The officer walked to a Skechers store on 42nd Street and shelled out $75 for insulated winter boots and thermal socks. He returned to the man, knelt down and put the footwear on him.”
Deprimo says the man “smiled from ear to ear,” adding, “It was like you gave him a million dollars.” The officer also told Newsday , “I didn’t think anything of it.”
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