Jennifer Foster, a tourist from Florence, Arizona who was visiting New York with her husband, happened upon the touching scene and snapped a photo with her cell phone camera. Foster, who works for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office as a civilian communications director, forwarded the photo, along with a note, to the NYPD. It said:
“Right when I was about to approach, one of your officers came up behind him. The officer said, ‘I have these size 12 boots for you, they are all-weather. Let’s put them on and take care of you.’ The officer squatted down on the ground and proceeded to put socks and the new boots on this man. The officer expected NOTHING in return and did not know I was watching.
I have been in law enforcement for 17 years. I was never so impressed in my life. I did not get the officer’s name. It is important, I think, for all of us to remember the real reason we are in this line of work. The reminder this officer gave to our profession in his presentation of human kindness has not been lost on myself or any of the Arizona law enforcement officials with whom this story has been shared.â€
By Wednesday, Foster’s Facebook post of the photo had been viewed more than 1.6 million times, liked more than 350,000 times and shared more than 100,000 times.
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