Bags full of money. What would you do?
Posted on by Kolbe
There are two schools of thought when it comes to finding a backpack full of almost $42,000. One, take it and RUN! Lock yourself in your house and figure out how you’re going to launder the money. Two, you take the backpack and turn it in to the police without taking any of the cash. Both options are tempting for sure. On the one hand you’re up $42,000. On the other hand, you play the good guy and keep your morals in tact. Now to make it even more difficult of a choice, let’s change the scenario a bit. Let’s say you’re broke and homeless when you find this knapsack of dough. With that information a lot of people would walk off with the backpack and start a new life for themselves, no contemplation necessary. This was not the case for Glen James, a homeless man in the Boston area. Glen was outside of a shopping mall when he noticed a large backpack someone had left behind. He snatched it up, looked inside and found $42,000 in cash and travelers checks, along with some passports and other personal belongings. Good ol’ Glen, promptly takes the bag to a near by police officer and explains the story. That’s it, as simple as that, a man with unwavering morals. No reward money, not anything. He later was recognized for his actions by the police department, but nothing more than an “atta-boy.” That was fine with Glen, he wasn’t even looking for that much.
The news is filled with stories of tragedy, crime, and disaster. It is a breath of fresh air to see stories like this pop up from time to time. Not just to break up the other dismal stories we see each day, but rather to remind us of something. To remind us that there are always good people out there. People who aren’t afraid to do the right thing. People who put others before themselves. People, who through their actions, make this world a better place to live.