Videos from the doorbell cameras often go viral for showing stolen packages or angry creatures, but images from the Florida front porch last week were widely shared to capture the poignant moment when a good Samaritan returned a lost wallet.
Debra Crosby was checking out at a Walmart in Jacksonville on Saturday when she realized she no longer had her wallet, she told NBC affiliate WTLV. Later, she dropped it in the parking lot.
As she drove back to her home in Yulee, she wondered how to replace the important content in her wallet, including her military ID card. It was during the trip home when she received a notification on her phone that someone was at her door, reports WTLV.
The video from the Ring bell camera showed that the unexpected visitor was actually what she now calls “guardian angel” – an unidentified man who was returning his wallet.
“Hey, how are you? I found your wallet at Walmart,” said the man. After a few minutes, he said he would leave the wallet next to some Amazon boxes, and that was exactly where Crosby found her wallet with all its valuables.
Crosby, a science teacher at Yulee Middle School, couldn’t believe anyone was going to return his wallet.
“My God. This person has gone out of his way,” Crosby told WTLV. “I get there and the wallet and along with the credit cards and everything is there.”
Crosby said he lives 20 minutes from Walmart and couldn’t believe the kindness of someone who goes further.
“If he is watching this, I want him to know that he makes me very proud,” said Crosby. “I have three children and I hope they will do exactly the same thing.”