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An Alabama man walked almost 20 miles to his new job. When his boss found out, he gave him a car.
Key Excerpts from Article on Website of Washington Post


Washington Post, July 18, 2018
Posted: January 21st, 2019
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/inspired-life/wp/2018/07...

Walter Carr sent his friends a flurry of increasingly pleading text messages. The college students car had broken down, and he was supposed to begin his new job as a mover the next morning at a home 20 miles from his apartment near Birmingham, Ala. He struck out finding a ride, but he wasnt about to miss his first day of work. Carr, 20, needed the work. He ... concluded there was only one option: He would walk it. As a former high school cross-country runner, he knew he could do it. When his legs began to burn, he stayed focused on his goal. Around 4 a.m. ... he still had hours more to walk to get to the house. He sat down in a bank parking lot. A police car pulled up and ... asked if Carr was all right. Carr said yes, and explained what he was doing. [Officer] Knighten offered to take him to get something [to eat] I said, I just paid my rent. I have no cash on me at all, Carr recalled. Knighten told him to get in the car, the meal was on him. At 6:30 a.m., [another officer] explained to homeowner Jenny Lamey what had happened. The officer told me, Ive got this nice kid in my car. Hes been walking all night to get to your house, Lamey said. Thats when the tears started coming. Lamey offered him a bed to take a nap, and some food. Carr replied, No, Id rather get started, The following day, Lamey called Carrs supervisor, and the two cried together on the phone about what Carr had done. Lamey posted the story on Facebook, and it took off. On Sunday, Carrs boss, Bellhops chief executive Luke Marklin, called to thank him. When they met, Marklin gave him his own car, a 2014 Ford Escape. He said it would be in better hands with Carr than with him.

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