When American artistic icon Andy Warhol made the 1968 pronouncement, “In the future, everyone will be world-famous for 15 minutes,” no-one knew how close to the truth he’d come.
While these days, the Internet regularly delivers instant gratification and overnight fame, there’s little chance Florida A&M University student Jabari Richardson was thinking about getting “likes” or retweets when he pulled his car over, opened the trunk, and passed out shoes, clothing, and other items to a homeless man standing by the side of the road.
The college senior, who was in the process of moving, decided giving his things away rather than selling them was good karma. Thankful to have more than he needed, he was simply passing it forward.
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“As I was growing up, my mom always taught me there’s a lot of people that are in need. Not everyone’s blessed as I am,” Richardson told WXTL-Tallahassee. “My mom always had clothes and shoes on my back. I can definitely take that for granted. Anything can be gone in the blink of an eye.”
Unbeknownst to Richardson, his selfless act hadn’t gone unnoticed. The driver in the car behind him captured the entire event on video and posted it to TikTok with the caption: “I don’t know this young man but he deserves to go viral.”
Not only has the video garnered more than 6 million views to date, but local reporters also tracked Richardson down and the story made the evening news.
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