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There's no feeling like when *** boy climbs his first bike, especially one, you can talk to cringing, cringing, craning, craning, cringing back in the three year old Will Fuller. Wright of Rockland knows that feeling well, after his parents bought him his very first bike, one *** bit more super than most. Why is Spider Man your favorite superhero? Because he saved by catching bad guys. And then, but last week on Will's first day out with the bike, there was one bad guy, Spider Man couldn't avoid my bike got stolen there. So we went to Walgreens and we stopped and put us back on the sidewalk and went inside to get him *** little candy tree and said what? You made it half *** mile. We came out and the bike wasn't there and I walked up and down the length of the sidewalks thinking because there's those big cement column. So I thought maybe I just couldn't see it but it wasn't there. Security footage showed that someone did see it and took it along with Will's mother Liz Fuller writes fate in her fellow neighbor. It was *** mix of emotions. I mean, sad, disappointed you know, angry at the state of humanity. He's three years old, this is his first bike and you don't want to think that anybody would do that. Rockland police posted *** surveillance video of the thief on Facebook to try and find the stolen bike. But what they found instead was something priceless. I happened to put Facebook on and I saw that story about the little boy who had his bike stolen. The woman you're hearing from is homeless and wishes to remain anonymous. She is based out of her car which is where she was at an Oxford County gas station when she saw the news and decided to act what this little boy was thinking when he came out of that store with his mom and saw his bike missing. I cried. I worry about what that little boy would be growing up and thinking about the world. I went to Walmart and I purchased the one and only bike, got him the helmet, the lock and then I took it to Rockland. She spent with little money she had on the identical bike and dropped it off at the Rockland Police station. The department's subsequent Facebook post received an overwhelming reaction with the mid coast recovery coalition. Now accepting donations for her as *** means of thanks but for Will and Liz, no amount of thanks would be enough. I was able to give her *** call and we spoke for *** few minutes and she told me her story and I couldn't believe it. She's not someone flushed with cash, but she gave so much so generously to *** little boy she'd never met, never known because she wanted him to be happy. She didn't want him to think that there were bad guys in the world. She wanted them to have faith in humanity. If you were to meet this boy, what would you say? I, I think I would probably just cry, you know, to see the happy join us in his face and I'd probably let him know that no matter what happens in life, we go through our troubles, our ups and downs, but there's always somebody out there that's watching over us. He's never alone. And so for will, his first bite is now his second. And the superhero whose name it bears is also second to the real hero who showed *** little boy that superheroes do exist.
'She wanted him to have faith in humanity': Woman experiencing homelessness replaces child's stolen bike
The woman says she was compelled to help after seeing the news that someone stole a child's Spiderman bicycle
Many children are extremely excited when they get their first bicycle. That includes a 3-year-old from Maine, who was ecstatic when his parents bought him his first bike, a Spiderman model.Will Fuller-Wright explained why Spiderman is his favorite superhero: "Because he saves everybody by catching bad guys in the net."But last week, on Will's first day out on his new bike, his bicycle was stolen."We went to Walgreens. And we stopped and put his bike on the sidewalk and decided to give him a little candy treat and say 'woohoo, you made it half a mile," said Will's mother, Liz Fuller-Wright. "We came out, and the bike wasn't there. And I walked up and down the length of the sidewalk thinking because there's those big cement columns, so I thought maybe he couldn't see it. But it wasn't there."Security video shows someone taking the bike from the family's home in Rockland and riding off with it."It was a mix of emotions. I mean, sad, disappointed, you know, angry at the state of humanity," said Liz Fuller-Wright. "He's 3 years old. This is his first bike. And you don't want to think that anybody would do that."Police posted the surveillance images on social media, hoping to find the bike. But instead, an incredible story developed.A woman, who is homeless and wishes to remain anonymous, stepped up. She told sister station WMTW she was in her car, which she lives in, at a gas station when she saw the news."I happened to put Facebook on, and I saw that story about the little boy who had his bike stolen," she said.She told WMTW she had to do something."What this little boy was thinking when he came out of that store with his mom, and saw his bike missing, I cried. I worried about what that little boy would be growing up and be thinking about the world. I went to Walmart, and I purchased the one and only bike, got him the helmet, the lock. And then I took it to Rockland."The woman says she spent what little money she had to buy the identical bike to the one that was stolen and then dropped it off at the Rockland Police station.When police posted the update on social media, the response was overwhelming and the Mid-coast Recovery Coalition is now accepting donations to help the woman as a way of saying thank you. As of Thursday, nearly $1,200 had been donated."I was able to give her a call. And we spoke for a few minutes. And she told me her story. And I just I couldn't believe it," said Liz Fuller-Wright. "She's not someone flushed with cash. But she gave so much so generously to a little boy she'd never met, never known. Because she wanted him to be happy. She didn't want him to think that there were that there were bad guys in the world. She wanted him to have faith in humanity."When asked what she would say to Will if she were to meet him, this is how the woman responded: "I think I would probably just cry, you know, to see that happen between us and his face? And I'd probably let him know that no matter what happens in life, we go through our troubles, our ups and downs, but there's always somebody out there that's watching over us. He's never alone."
Many children are extremely excited when they get their first bicycle. That includes a 3-year-old from Maine, who was ecstatic when his parents bought him his first bike, a Spiderman model.
Will Fuller-Wright explained why Spiderman is his favorite superhero: "Because he saves everybody by catching bad guys in the net."
But last week, on Will's first day out on his new bike, his bicycle was stolen.
"We went to Walgreens. And we stopped and put his bike on the sidewalk and decided to give him a little candy treat and say 'woohoo, you made it half a mile," said Will's mother, Liz Fuller-Wright.
"We came out, and the bike wasn't there. And I walked up and down the length of the sidewalk thinking because there's those big cement columns, so I thought maybe he couldn't see it. But it wasn't there."
Security video shows someone taking the bike from the family's home in Rockland and riding off with it.
"It was a mix of emotions. I mean, sad, disappointed, you know, angry at the state of humanity," said Liz Fuller-Wright. "He's 3 years old. This is his first bike. And you don't want to think that anybody would do that."
Police posted the surveillance images on social media, hoping to find the bike. But instead, an incredible story developed.
A woman, who is homeless and wishes to remain anonymous, stepped up. She told sister station WMTW she was in her car, which she lives in, at a gas station when she saw the news.
"I happened to put Facebook on, and I saw that story about the little boy who had his bike stolen," she said.
She told WMTW she had to do something.
"What this little boy was thinking when he came out of that store with his mom, and saw his bike missing, I cried. I worried about what that little boy would be growing up and be thinking about the world. I went to Walmart, and I purchased the one and only bike, got him the helmet, the lock. And then I took it to Rockland."
The woman says she spent what little money she had to buy the identical bike to the one that was stolen and then dropped it off at the Rockland Police station.
When police posted the update on social media, the response was overwhelming and the Mid-coast Recovery Coalition is now accepting donations to help the woman as a way of saying thank you. As of Thursday, nearly $1,200 had been donated.
"I was able to give her a call. And we spoke for a few minutes. And she told me her story. And I just I couldn't believe it," said Liz Fuller-Wright. "She's not someone flushed with cash. But she gave so much so generously to a little boy she'd never met, never known. Because she wanted him to be happy. She didn't want him to think that there were that there were bad guys in the world. She wanted him to have faith in humanity."
When asked what she would say to Will if she were to meet him, this is how the woman responded: "I think I would probably just cry, you know, to see that happen between us and his face? And I'd probably let him know that no matter what happens in life, we go through our troubles, our ups and downs, but there's always somebody out there that's watching over us. He's never alone."
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