Posts from — November 2012

This story is running everywhere right now:  Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Arizona was walking around New York’s Times Square with her boyfriend when she saw a homeless man sitting on the sidewalk asking for change. He was obviously cold – without shoes or socks on a frigid night. Just then, a NYC police officer bent down, and gave the man a brand-new pair of winter boots and some thermal socks (that he bought for the guy using his own money).  Jenni (may I call you Jenni?) used her her cellphone to grab a photo of the act.

The photo shows the officer crouched on his left knee (a modified Tebow). The homeless guy is pulling his new socks out of the bag while his new insulated boots are between him and the cop.

This is news today, but the story happened back two weeks ago – an eternity in social media years.  Why did it break now?  Because the picture surfaced. [Read more →]