A 79-year-old retired social-services worker wants to thank the kind-hearted person who mailed a package he mistakenly left on a South Philadelphia bus.

His sister called on Christmas Day to say she received the gift — the only one Cliff Hunter was going to be able to afford to give.

The sweater was used, but lovingly cleaned and placed in a box with her address, before he left it, rushing to get off the bus at 20th and Locust Street.

Someone must have taken it to the post office and paid the $8.00 in postage to ship it to Florida.

(READ the story from the Philadelphia Inquirer)

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