Weekly News.

'MY HEART BREAKS EVERY TIME'  

Viral picture of pensioner, 80, selling fire wood to pay off his dead wife’s medical bills sparks GoFundMe campaign.

This weekly news was very heart warming to me, it was about an old man Kenneth who lost his wife to cancer recently and has been left with a big bill to pay for his wife's medical bills. One day a lady drove past him and saw this, took a picture of him and it went viral, due to this his sons 'GoFundMe' campaign raised over $60,000 which was more than enough to pay off the bills.

She added: “My heart breaks every time I pass him. He waves at every single car that passes.”

The reason I choose this news article because it shows that there is hope for humanity and there is still good people out there despite all the horrible stories you hear. It shows the big difference that can be made within society when everyone works together and the power of the media, how one Facebook post can make such a good impact one old mans life.
However we live in a world where loads of people are selfish and is only looking out for themselves which makes stories like this one all the more special.

In comparison to this story of An unconscious and bleeding woman was left in a road as several drivers swerved to miss her in south-east London, at least 12 drivers drove around her as she suffered from serious head injuries and her head in the gutter. Although the stories are different it would be expected for people to stop and help a woman who is critically injured.

I think that it is very heartless for people to just leave the woman at the side of the road as if she was worthless to die, both stories are from different places in the world which shows the different morals they have.

 I can't believe people would just drive past. I'm shocked and confused as to why people wouldn't stop to help a fellow human being!
Steven, Newcastle Uk