They really 1 this time of year. Maybe it’s the season or maybe people notice more during the holidays. In one day, I read about two 2 . One is a donor from Kansas City, Missouri. They call him “The Secret Santa”.
Every Christmas, he 3 at shelters, food banks and other places where people are 4 help. He hands $ 100 bills to each of those. In 2015 he traveled to parts of New York and New Jersey, where many lost
5 to Hurricane Sandy.
That same day, I read about a man who has much less than “The Secret Santa” to 6 . On November 14, 2015, New York police officer Lawrence DePrimo was on 7 at Times Square in the center of Manhattan, New York. As he patrolled(巡逻)the square, he noticed a(n) 8 man sitting on the sidewalk. He wore no shoes or socks. Officer DePrimo was 9 dressed, wearing two pairs of socks to fight against the cold, but
10 felt cold that night. He walked up to the man, asked him about his shoe 11
, went inside a nearby store and told the salesman, “The man outside with no shoes needs help. I don’t 12 the cost, but give me a pair of
13 boots and socks for him. ” DePrimo paid seventy-five dollars, walked outside and handed the man the gifts.
The man’s face shone with 14 as he accepted them.
Officer DePrimo did this with no 15 of being praised by his kindness. The daughter of a former policeman, Jennifer Foster, who was visiting Times Square that night, 16 the event. She took a 17 and sent it to the New York City Police Department, who 18 it on their Facebook page. Since then, Officer DePrimo’s kindness has received the praise he 19 .
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