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Man Finally Gets to Thank Police Sergeant

Alfred Edmond was stuck in Overland Park, Kansas. His motorcycle had run out of gas, and Edmond had run out of money after a long trip from Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was just 14 miles from his destination of Olathe, Kansas, where he was supposed to have an important job interview. Enter Overland Park police sergeant Dan Carney. Carney pulled up in his squad car, handed Alfred $8 to fill the tank in his motorcycle, and then drove away. Alfred wrote down Sergeant Carney's name, but somewhere along the way, he lost the piece of paper.

Fast forward 21 years. One day Alfred stumbled across that old piece of paper with Sergeant Carney's name on it, and he decided to send his "Good Samaritan" an $8 money order with a note thanking him for his help in a time of great need. "Unbelievable," said Carney in a news report for KMBC.com. "One little comment, or a little thing here or there can mean so much to somebody. That's wonderful."

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