The videos from the doorbell camera usually go viral to show that packages are being stolen, or animals going on a rampage, but the video on the front porch from Florida was widely shared last week to capture the heartwarming moment that a Good Samaritan lost wallet.
Debra Crosby went to look out at a Walmart in Jacksonville on Saturday when she realized she no longer had her wallet, she told NBC affiliate WTLV. It would appear that she dropped it in the parking lot.
As she drove back to her home in Yulee, she asked herself how she would replace the important contents of the wallet, including her military ID. It was on the way home that she received a notification on her phone that someone was in front of her door, reports WTLV.
The video from her Ring Doorbell camera showed the unexpected visitor she now calls her “guardian angel” – an unidentified man who returned her purse.
‘Hey, how are you? “I got your wallet from Walmart,” the man said. After a few minutes, he said he would leave the wallet near some Amazon boxes, and that’s exactly where Crosby found it with all his valuable items.
Crosby, a science teacher at Yulee Middle School, could not believe anyone would return her purse.
“My God. This person went 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 she lives 20 minutes from the Walmart and cannot believe the kindness of someone who goes above and beyond.
“When he looks at this, I want him to know that he makes me so proud,” Crosby said. “I have three sons of my own, and I would hope they would do exactly the same.”