この動画を見ると、あるホームレスの男性が見た目よりはるかに高潔な人物であることがわかる。
YouTubeに投稿された動画で、ジョシュ・ペイラー・リンさんはホームレスの男性に100ドルを渡したあと内緒で後をつけ、その男性が何にその金を使ったかを探ってみた。
カメラにとらえられたのは、そのホームレスの男性が食料を買い、公園の見知らぬ人たちにそれを配る姿だった。その光景はホームレスの人々に対するリンさんの見方を変えた。
リンさんは「たまげた」という。ホームレスの男性は、きっと酒を買うだろうと思っていたからだ。
「あなたに胸を打たれた」とリンさんはホームレスの男性に自分の気持ちを伝えた。
男性の行為を見て心を動かされたリン氏は、さらに100ドルを彼に寄付することを決めた。
「たまたま置かれた環境の犠牲になってしまった人がたくさんいるんだ」とそのホームレスの男性はリンさんに話した。
「彼らがホームレスになったのは、怠け者だからじゃない…例えば離婚して、それが負の連鎖を起こすんだ。自分のボートを売り、家を売り、ある時、自分が無一文であることに気づく。家がない善良な人々がたくさんいるんだ」。
Man, 90, Arrested For Feeding Homeless
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(01 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., right, places a casserole in the oven while preparing food in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Police said they violated a new ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property in Fort Lauderdale. Abbott plans to feed the homeless Wednesday in a public parking lot. At left is Stanley Jackson, assistant director of Love Thy Neighbor Inc. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(02 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Police said they violated a new ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property in Fort Lauderdale. Abbott plans to feed the homeless Wednesday in a public parking lot. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(03 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., prepares a salad in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Police said they violated a new ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property in Fort Lauderdale. Abbott plans to feed the homeless Wednesday in a public parking lot. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(04 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., places a casserole in the oven while preparing food in the kitchen of The Sanctuary Church, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. Police said they violated a new ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property in Fort Lauderdale. Abbott plans to feed the homeless Wednesday in a public parking lot. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(05 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., left, is fingerprinted by a Fort Lauderdale police officer, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott and a group of volunteers were feeding the homeless in a public parking lot next to the beach when he was issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott w also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(06 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., right, serves food to the homeless from a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(07 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., left, is kissed by a supporter as he arrives to serve food to the homeless from a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(08 of17)
Suzanne Haines Walsh, 60, who is homeless, second from right, waits with others to be fed a meal by homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, on a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., feeds the homeless on a regular basis and was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(09 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., left, is hugged by a supporter as he arrives to serve food to the homeless from a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(10 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., center, gets his drivers license to hand to a Fort Lauderdale police officer, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott and a group of volunteers were feeding the homeless in a public parking lot next to the beach when he was issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott w also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(11 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., center, serves food to the homeless with the help of volunteers from a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(12 of17)
Suzanne Haines Walsh, 60, who is homeless, left, gets a meal from volunteers working with homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, at a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., feeds the homeless on a regular basis and was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(13 of17)
The homeless stand in line for a meal from volunteers working with homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, at a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., feeds the homeless on a regular basis and was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(14 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc.,right, walks with a Fort Lauderdale police officer, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott and a group of volunteers were feeding the homeless in a public parking lot next to the beach when he was issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(15 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., center, walks with a Fort Lauderdale police officer, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott and a group of volunteers were feeding the homeless in a public parking lot next to the beach when he was issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(16 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc.,right, shakes hands with a Fort Lauderdale police officer, left, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott and a group of volunteers were feeding the homeless in a public parking lot next to the beach when he was issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott w also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Feeding the Homeless Arrests(17 of17)
Homeless advocate Arnold Abbott, 90, director of the nonprofit group Love Thy Neighbor Inc., right, serves food to the homeless from a public parking lot next to the beach, Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Abbott was later issued a summons to appear in court for violating an ordinance that limits where charitable groups can feed the homeless on public property. Abbott was also recently arrested along with two pastors for feeding the homeless in a Fort Lauderdale park. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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