"We Couldn't Just Pass Him By"—Middle School Students Who Missed the Last Ride Home Pushed an Elderly Paper Collector's Handcart for 40 Minutes [Heartwarming Stories]

[Financial News] A heartwarming story has emerged about middle-school students who saw an elderly man collecting discarded paper late at night and accompanied him to a scrap yard an hour away, helping move his handcart along the way.
On the 21st, a post and photos appeared on the social media platform Thread and online communities saying, "I met kind middle-school students who helped an elderly man collect discarded paper and accompanied him to the scrap yard."
Photos posted by A in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, showed two middle-school students moving along a dark road with a handcart full of discarded paper, one pushing from behind and the other pulling from the front.
A reported, "I was so impressed that there are students like this in a world like ours today. The elderly man had to walk for an hour to the scrap yard, and when I learned that he had even skipped a meal, the children grew concerned and offered to buy him something at a convenience store."
A also wrote, "How can they have such beautiful hearts? I want to tell Jinju City about these students' good deed."
Female student B, who later identified herself as one of those involved, also posted an account of what happened. B said, "I had eaten Malatang with a friend and was heading home, but the last public transit had already stopped running. On the way, we saw an elderly man struggling to collect discarded paper, and because we couldn't just pass him by, we decided to accompany him to the scrap yard."
She added, "The journey was a little difficult, but a man and a woman helped us, so we safely completed a route that normally takes about an hour in 40 minutes."
She continued, "I felt truly proud because it seemed like the first time in my life that I had given someone significant help. If something like this happens again, I want to be someone who helps rather than simply walking past."
People who read the story praised the students, saying, "The students have such upright character," and "They were raised so well that, for an entirely different reason, I want to meet their parents."


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