A homeless man has been hailed a hero after he stood in the pouring rain for hours to guard cash left in a stranger’s open car.
James McGeown spotted a handbag that contained £450 ($600) on the front seat of a parked car, with its passenger window down.
James then stood in the rain for about two-and-a-half hours, waiting for the owner to return. Eventually, he decided to reach for the bag in the car with the hope of finding the owner’s ID, but there wasn’t any. So he took it to a nearby lawyer’s office for safe-keeping. The receptionist at the office informed the police that the cash had been handed in.
When the owner of the car, John McMonagle, returned with his colleague Alyshia Orford to his car parked outside Glasgow’s Sheriff Court, he was surprised to discover a note telling him the bag was safe in the office.
“To think he is sleeping on the streets tonight when he could have stolen the money and paid for a place to stay.
“This guy has nothing and yet he didn’t take the bag for himself, he thought about others instead. It’s phemonemal. It just proves there’s decent guys out there and especially at Christmas,” he said.
John’s post has gathered more than 1,400 shares on Facebook.
“He came back to the car when I was there and I gave him £40 and thanked him, but I'll go buy him boots and a good sleeping bag as well. I want to do something to help the guy,” said John, according to GlasgowLive.
He told the website that he is yet to track down James.
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