A Boston homeless man found a lost backpack containing almost $42,000 worth of cash and checks outside a TJ Maxx store and turned it in to Boston police Saturday night, Inquisitr reported Monday.
A homeless man reportedly found a lost backpack containing $2,400 in cash and $39,000 in traveler's checks outside the TJ Maxx in South bay around 5:30 p.m. and turned it in to Boston authorities shortly. The backpack also contained Chinese passports and "various personal papers" inside, ABC News reported.
According to several reports, Officers took the bag and notified store security after the homeless man turned it in to them. A Best Buy employee contacted the authorities around 7 p.m., saying that a customer has lost his backpack, which contains a large sum of money and his personal identification documents.
ABC News reported that after police matched the name and photo on the Republic of China passport found inside the backpack to the Best Buy customer, they returned the bag and money to the still unnamed owner.
Meanwhile, the Boston homeless man's identity was not made public either, but he gave the address of the Long Island Shelter, where he is currently staying.
"People will probably tell him he's nuts, but homeless people are the first to help you out," Bob Boisselle, who stays at the same shelter, said. "They don't have anything, but they'll give you what they do have."
"Homeless people know what it's like to be down and out." Boisselle quipped.
Aaron Toye, another person staying at a different homeless shelter, said, "He's got a great heart. He did the right thing," referencing to the Boston homeless man who turned in the money earlier.
Another incident similar to this one happened in February, when a Kansas homeless man returned a diamond ring accidentally dropped in his change cup.
The homeless man - identified as Bill Ray Harris - reportedly kept the ring safe until its owner, Sarah Darling, came back to get it.
Darling set up a campaign to help Harris, and it raised $183,000 by May.
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