The news isn’t always positive.
We’re constantly bombarded with conflict, death, and economic insecurity.
But some stories show kindness and positivity are still alive.
It can be found in the most unexpected places, such as a tire shop in Richmond, Texas.
A kind Texas State Trooper secretly assisted a 92-year-old woman.
After learning she couldn’t afford them alone, he decided to pay for a new set of tires for her car.
According to KHOU, the chance meeting happened at Integrity Tire after Mary Summers, 92, arrived early to have her tire repaired.
Omar Oregueda, the shop mechanic, informed her that she had a nail in her tire and that he would be unable to repair it.
“The tire on her vehicle wasn’t repairable and the other tires were shot,” Oregueda said, adding that the other three tires were cracked and unsafe. “They were already completely destroyed.”
Summers needed a new set of tires, which would cost more than $600, to make her vehicle safe and dependable.
However, it was more than the elderly woman could afford.
“I said, ‘Well, I can’t do all the tires. I can just do the one. Just tell me how much the one tire is going to be,’” Summers explained.
Trooper Drew Stoner of the Texas Department of Public Safety (TDPS) awaited an oil change.
That’s when he overheard Summers’ conversation with Oregueda.
“I’m thinking, ‘What if she goes out on the road and a tire goes out on her [or] kind of falls apart on her, and she’s on the side of the road?’” Trooper Stoner shared.
Trooper Stoner stopped at the front counter before leaving the shop. He paid for a new set of tires for the elderly woman without saying anything to her.
He quickly exited the establishment.
Shortly after, Oregueda informed Summers that she would leave with four new tires.
She was completely taken aback.
Summers told the news outlet,
“He said, ‘They’re paid for and everything.’ And I said, ‘Who paid for it?’ And he said, ‘The trooper that was in here.'”
She expressed surprise that the trooper had done something so nice for a stranger.
“I can hardly talk about it now because I want to cry because he did that,” she continued. “And he did it, and he left.”
Summers was desperate to thank Trooper Stoner, so KHOU searched for him.
He told the news outlet that he didn’t want any attention but was delighted to meet Summers.
During the heartwarming exchange that followed, the elderly woman hugged him.
Summers told Trooper Stoner, “I’m just so thankful for you, and I’m so proud.”
“I’m proud to meet someone that has a heart that big. I just love you to death.”
Oregueda, moved by Trooper Stoner’s selfless act of kindness, gave Summers a free oil change.
“For a stranger to take care of another stranger like that – let’s all just take care of each other,” Oregueda said. “That’s what it’s about.”
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