Mystery Good Samaritan funds hotel rooms for 70 homeless people during dangerous cold snap

Chicago’s cold snap was made worse by the wind chill which pushed down temperatures to a scary 51 degrees below zero.

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A group of homeless people had made a makeshift camp in the city and were using propane tanks to keep warm when one of them exploded, according to The Chicago Tribune.

Thankfully nobody was injured but their tanks were confiscated due to safety risks, leaving them out in the cold with no source of warmth.

‘Wonderful citizen’

When the mystery good Samaritan heard about the group he offered to pay for their hotel rooms.

“All the folks there, some wonderful citizen is going to put all of them up at a hotel for the rest of the week,” she said.

“Isn’t that wonderful?” said Jacqueline Rachev, a spokeswoman for the Salvation Army. “Some wonderful citizen is going to put all of them up at a hotel for the rest of the week.”

This mystery person is an inspiration to us all. Nobody should be out in the cold in such dangerous temperatures. 

Please share to remind others of the plight of homeless people, especially during the winter months.

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