Old Man Sits in the Same Corner for 10 Years Waiting for Daughter Who Kicked Him Out of the Car — Story of the Day
A police officer sees an old man sitting in the corner and learns that he is homeless since his daughter abandoned him and is still patiently waiting for her.
How many times have we heard of man’s inhumanity to man? We always think of vicious strangers victimizing faceless victims, but often the cruelest acts are practiced by those we love and trust.
As a policeman, James McGowan thought he’d seen the worse of what humanity could do — crime and violence — until he met Martin Duval and heard his heartbreaking story.
Officer McGowan dropped into his favorite diner at the end of his shift, and since his usual booth was occupied, he was forced to take another — one which gave him a view of the street corner.
The waitress, Ferdy, came over to take his order and saw him staring at an elderly man who was sitting on the street corner clutching an old bag to his chest. His clothes were rags, and his shoes were falling off his feet.
James had rarely seen a homeless person in such bad shape. “Who is that?” he asked Ferdy. “There’s something about him…There’s something wrong there, and not just that he’s a street person.”
Ferdy shook her head. “You’re right, officer.” she said, “That has got to be one of the saddest stories I know, and believe me I know some doozies!”
James dropped in for a snack at his favorite diner | Source: Unsplash
“About that man?” asked James. “You know him?”
Ferdy sighed. “He’s been on that corner for ten years, and there’s been many a night in which I’ve fed him,” she confessed. “You see, he doesn’t beg or go to the shelters of the soup kitchens.”
“Why not?” asked James. “There are some good programs that could help someone his age…”
“He’s not really homeless, you see,” Ferdy said. “He was abandoned.”
The waitress told James the story of the old homeless man | Source: Pexels
James gasped. “Abandoned?” he asked. “He has a family?”
“He told me his daughter told him they were going out for a drive, then she just stopped and pushed him out of the car,” Ferdy said. “So he just sits there. He believes she will come back, he believes she loves him…”
James asked Ferdy to get him a hamburger to go, and when he stepped out of the diner,...