A story that shows there are still decent people in this world

[pikergolf]

I enjoy reading about good deeds.

http://chatnewstoday.ca/article/5459...e-journey-home

MEDICINE HAT, AB — Hours slowly turned into days.

Friends of Rylan Vaile hadn’t heard from him since Friday night and were beginning to worry, knowing the 23-year-old wasn’t familiar with the city.

Vaile and his friends were in town from Lethbridge.

Police say after an altercation at a hotel, Vaile left, hoping to hitchhike home.

He didn’t have any cash or a phone and he wasn’t dressed in much more than a windbreaker.

“I went the Co-op on 13th Avenue [on Saturday], I had to pick up a few things, nothing much, and I saw, between the two doors, there’s a little bench and I saw a young man there,” said Mark Miller.

Miller stopped when the man asked if he could catch a ride out to Highway 3.

Knowing there must be more to the story, Miller took the seat beside him.

“I said, ‘so what’s your story?’ And he said ‘well, I was abandoned here and I'm trying to get home. I got no money, no cell phone, and I want to get back home.’”

In the meantime, officers were hearing from friends that a 23-year-old man from Lethbridge had gone missing.

“His friends became very concerned for him,” said Inspector Joe West. “This person didn’t have a cell phone or any means of communication, was unfamiliar with the city of Medicine Hat.”

Vaile was asking anyone he came across for help.

“When I finally sat down, he said ‘thank you’,” Miller said. “He said ‘you’re the first person to stop and actually talk to me’.”

Miller didn’t want to drop him off on the side of the road, so after a quick stop to grab lunch, he brought Vaile downtown to the bus depot.

“I said, ‘this man has got to get to Lethbridge today’,” he remembers saying.

“I paid for the ticket, gave him $20 ‘cause he didn’t have any food or money and I said here, get yourself something, get yourself sorted,” Miller added.

Miller said he felt blessed to have helped the man.

He told a few friends at church the following day what he’d done to help this man.

Later that evening, he got a message.

“I got a text from my friend, going ‘was this the person that you helped?’ And I opened it up and it said Medicine Hat Police Report and I'm thinking oh, no, what’s going on now?”

Police had released details about Vaile Sunday morning.

Later that afternoon, Southeast Alberta Search and Rescue was called in, along with the Halo Air Ambulance to search for any clues as to where Vaile may have been.

“When a person has a cell phone, we at least have a means of communicating or trying to ping the cell phone and so forth,” West said. “We didn’t have that option, so it really became a matter of ground search given the weather.”

Miller reached out to police after seeing the release, and the man’s family on Facebook.

On Monday, he heard back, that Vaile had made it home and was safe and sound.

“If we can help people get to where they’re going, you don’t give them a hand out, you give them a hand up,” Miller said. “You always want to help them up.”

It’s a message he hopes more Hatters take to heart.

“If you see someone in need, just stop and help them,” he said. “I mean, you might not be able to go the extra mile but to stop and talk to them, [for them] to know somebody cares. I think that was the biggest thing that touched my heart is, ‘you’re the first person to stop’.”

[Fish along]

Yes there lots of decent people around, good to see.,I think we all have the ability to recognize when someone is in serious trouble,but most don't want to get involved,I have occasionally helped people who seemed to need help,but regrettably not as many as I could have.

[Joe Black]

I find people outside places where food is available will not turn food down if offered. No need to worry about it being misused for other purposes.

All people need to eat.

[stuckincity]

Originally Posted by Fish along

I think we all have the ability to recognize when someone is in serious trouble, but most don't want to get involved, I have occasionally helped people who seemed to need help..........

Wellllllllll..........I HOPE I'm decent............

I've helped strangers a couple of times in my life who looked and acted blue-collar and not scamming bums, without expecting anything in return. Their "thanks a lot" was good enough.

I could only hope they 'paid it forward'.............

Just sayin

[nimrod]

years ago My uncle Helped a lady that went off the road, pulled her vehicle out, and she was on her way, and to to this day he still gets a christmas card from the lady, do nice things for others and in return they might do the same

[Dean2]

I have lost track of the number of people I have pulled out of the ditch, helped get their vehicle going or given a ride to the nearest town or gas station because their vehicle was pouched. They were all really grateful and very nice people. That said, with the way things are today, I am a lot more careful about where and who I pull over for. I really don't think there are less people around willing to help, it is just that you hear of so many good Samaritans being taken advantage of or severely injured that many people have become reluctant to get involved.

[rem338win]

Originally Posted by Joe Black

I find people outside places where food is available will not turn food down if offered. No need to worry about it being misused for other purposes.

All people need to eat.

Always offer food not money. If they just want money it's going to drugs and alcohol.

I grew up on a farm where no one ever left hungry and was taught that our society does have enough that shelter from extreme elements and food should not be an issue.

That said when I've offered to buy meals for panhandlers and hand outs I frequently get sworn at and ridiculed.

That tells me our society is providing the necessities well.

The above story is a pleasant one. It never hurts to have a conversation. Just remember a sucker is born every minute.....

[roper1]

Nice story. Unusual this day & age no cell phone. I'll stop beside a stranded motorist now just to make sure their phone is working, 1/2 the time they're as wary of me as I am of them.

[thumper]

Then there's stories like this:

A woman who stopped on the highway near Cochrane, Alta., to help a group of women who appeared to be stranded was instead attacked and left on the side of the road as they drove away in her car.

The victim was driving east on Saturday at about 1:30 p.m. on Highway 1 at the intersection with Highway 68. She spotted four women standing beside a car with its hood up, RCMP said in a release.

When the Good Samaritan got out of her car, one of the women assaulted her and then they all got in the victim's car and drove off. She was not seriously hurt, RCMP said.

The car the culprits left behind had been stolen from Calgary the day before, RCMP later determined.

Police tracked the suspects to the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, where they ditched the victim's car and fled on foot.

The RCMP's police dog team and the Calgary police HAWCS helicopter helped officers locate two of the suspects.

Karine Beaver, 25, and Michelle Twoyoungmen, 27, are charged with robbery and possession of property obtained by crime. They were set to appear in court on Monday.

Anyone with information about the two remaining suspects is asked to call Cochrane RCMP at 403-851-8000 or to contact Crime Stoppers.