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Stranger Buys Bike for Student After Angry Note is Left for Thief

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03 Nov 2013 44 views
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Stranger Buys Bike for Student After Angry Note is Left for Thief
After Olguiemar Freyre's bike, her only form of transportation, was stolen while she was working earlier this week, the part-time student penned an angry note and left it at the scene of the crime. A kind Chicago man who saw the note stepped in and offered to help.

A Good Samaritan has stepped in to help a 19-year-old DePaul student whose bike was stolen in Chicago.

After Olguiemar Freyre's bike, her only form of transportation, was stolen while she was working earlier this week, the part-time student penned an angry note and left it at the scene of the crime.

A Chicago man who saw the note stepped in and offered to help.

(READ the story from NBC Chicago)

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