A young New York City cop touched the world in a big way on Wednesday, Nov. 28, when he purchased a pair of boots for a homeless man and tucked the receipt into his own boot in an internet image that has now gone viral. One simple act of kindness has reverberated across the country and maybe even around the world, recorded by a tourist on a cell phone. It wasn’t anything earth-shattering in the scheme of the universe, actually. Officer DePrimo, NYPD, saw a homeless man with no shoes on a very cold night in New York City. Thinking about how his feet were cold under two pair of socks and his boots, he walked into a nearby Skechers store and purchased a pair of boots for $100. When told why, the store employee used his discount to reduce the price of the boots to $75. Officer DePrimo gave the man the boots and then watched him smile and walk away. He never even found out his name. He didn’t have to. It was one of those human to human contacts that warm the heart. New York Examiner
