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修车工善举引发关注爱心捐款如潮涌来

Eliot Middleton, a restaurant owner and trained mechanic(技工) in rural South Carolina, has been helping change people’s lives by repairing old cars and donating them to families in need.

As CBS News previously reported, Middleton’s yard is a parking place of used cars. He gives the cars new life, to help those in South Carolina’s low country. “There’s no public transportation,” Middleton told CBS News in June. “There’s no Ubers, there’s no taxis or nothing like that.” Some of the users of the fixed cars are single moms, jobs seekers and older people with doctor’s appointments.

After the video aired(播出), the response has been overwhelming. “My phone started exploding from all over the place,” Middleton said. “Whatever glowing feeling is inside me, it just transferred from that TV screen and went inside them,” he said.

So far, people have offered to donate nearly 800 cars to the cause. More than $125,000 has been raised for his cause by thousands of people on GoFundMe. “Yes, it takes a Village! Thanks for knowing that and being such an important part of that Village. I’m so impressed.” one person wrote on GoFundMe. “You are an inspiration! You are a courageous visionary leader. Happy to support your vision and mission!” wrote another. “God bless you for being so kind and helping others in need,” another said. When asked if he ever could have imagined such a response, Middleton said “never in this lifetime.”

修车工善举引发关注 爱心捐款如潮涌来

修车工善举引发关注爱心捐款如潮涌来