This homeless man hits the jackpot after returning 2000€ found on a train

undefined 26 juin 2024 undefined 18h45

The Editor

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A few days ago, while wandering around an empty train in Amsterdam station, looking to collect some empty bottles, a 33-year-old man, homeless for 18 months, made a surprising discovery: a wallet with nearly €2000 in cash inside. A little treasure that he quickly went to return to the police. And one thing is for sure, he was more than rewarded for this generous act.

After years of research and testing, it seems that Lena Situation's theory "Positive vibes attract positive vibes" has finally been proven. Indeed, a young homeless man from the Netherlands recently experienced all the benefits of what we call karma. By returning a wallet he found by chance filled with money to the police, Hadjer Al Ali may have finally turned his life around. A bittersweet reward This is truly a heroic gesture. While searching for empty plastic bottles to exchange for some coins in a machine, young Hadjer Al Ali made a discovery worth its weight in gold... literally. A wallet filled with money, with no identification documents, which he immediately turned over to authorities.idea of ​​returning to the police, without even using it. An honorable decision, which is not certain that it would have been that of the majority of the population. Faced with such a surge of citizenship and honesty, the Dutch police then decided to give him a 50€ gift voucher, as well as a very pretty trophy representing a beautiful silver thumb. A local distinction imagined for this kind of citizen acts. Really nice.


A surge of generosity

If Hadjer was happy to receive these awards, many people were a little outraged when they saw his story in the local and then international press. So much so that elsewhere, an anonymous source decided to reward the homeless man as he deserved, by launching an online fundraiser. The goal was simple: to raise the 2000 euros he had lost, to give it back to him. But as usual, the internet got a little carried away, and over 34,000 euros were raised in just one day. A truly beautiful sum, undoubtedly well-deserved, which will allow the man, a father of two boys, to get his life back on track. Several employers, touched by this story, have also offered a job to Hadjer, so that he can start a new chapter in his life.Alert dream job: €10,000 to count penguins in Antarctica! It may sound surreal, but it's true. This lucky dad got the chance to count penguins in Antarctica and we couldn't be happier for him. What's more, if nobody claims the wallet within a year, he can keep the money! So next time you find money on the street, think twice about it, friends!