Couple buy old man a car after they saw him walking home from a long day's work

A couple went viral all over the world after they gifted a stranger with a car when they saw him walking home from a long day's work.

When Sean Merrill and his wife Darilyn saw school custodian Robert Ford walking home, Sean was suddenly overcome with a strong compulsion to offer than man a ride home.

"I was stopped at a red light I saw a middle aged man walking through the crosswalk directly in front of my car," Merrill wrote on aGoFundMe page he later created. "It was 9:45pm and this man seemed tired from a long days work, walking with lunch box in hand and a slight droop of the head. I felt a strong impression to stop and ask him if he needed a ride. My wife agreed, so I pulled over. In that brief trip he (Robert) told us that he missed his bus that day. It takes him 2.5 hours on public transportation to get to work and that same commute home after his day is over."

After that trip, the couple hatched a plan and along with Robert's sister-in-law Kathy, they set up a GoFundMe account in a bid to raise enough cash to buy the man a car.

Mr Merrill, a mechanic and owner of Nobori Auto, found a car and fixed it up for Robert after they had raised enough money to pay for the car and insurance.

This picture shows an emotional Robert in shock when he is handed over the keys.

He said: "If it wasn't for them, I'd be still riding the bus.

"I owe them a lot, and I'm going to do my best … to help somebody else."

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