- An Oklahoma man walks about 17 miles (27.3 kilometers) to work every day.
- One day, while Donte Franklin was walking, a stranger took him for a ride and shared his story on Facebook.
- This post resulted in GoFundMe raising more than $50,000 (R706,412) Let Franklin get a new car.
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An Oklahoma man walks about 17 miles (27.3 kilometers) a day to work in a restaurant, so a stranger hitchhiking brings him more than $50,000 (706,412 rand).
Before people donated money to buy cars, Donte Franklin used to walk from his home to work.He says WKRC-TV His journey to and from his destination is nearly two and a half hours one way.
Nevertheless, according to him, he has never been late or missed a day as a chef at Buffalo Wild Wings. KOKH-TV.
“I really don’t care if it gets tired. I just need to keep working hard,” Franklin told the media. He added that his mother, who died at the age of 16, was the inspiration for his professional ethics.
“I walk just to make my family proud,” he said.
Earlier this month, Franklin was walking as usual in the hot weather when the stranger Michael Lynn took him for a ride.
“I was walking down 12th Street and I saw him. I was thinking,’Boy, it’s hot today,'” Lynn told Koko.
After stopping Franklin and giving him a free ride, Lynn posted a 20-year-old young man on his Facebook page. According to reports, the post received more than 1,000 shares and attracted the attention of a bicycle organization that gave Franklin a new bicycle.
“I am very touched that this person is only 20 years old and walks in two different jobs in hot weather,” Keri Collins of My Riding Buddies Oklahoma and Bikers for Elves told KOCO. “It opened my heart because a kid his age would not do that.”
After the widely circulated post, GoFundMe The page was created to help Franklin buy a car. As of June 26, the fundraising campaign was established on behalf of Donte’s sister Shavonda and has raised more than $50,000 (706,412 rand).
“I can really help my family,” Franklin told KOKH-TV. “It’s a great blessing.”
