As the saying goes, "One good turn deserves another." Liz's life was changed forever over the course of that year. It all started with a single act of kindness towards two strangers who walked into her diner (小餐馆) early one morning.
After they fought a horrible fire for 12 hours, Tim and Paul stepped into the 130 Diner for breakfast. When the time came to pay the bill though, there was a surprise for them. The young waitress who had served them had overheard their conversations and paid their bill, leaving a sweet message on their check instead, "Your meal is on me today. Thank you for serving others and running into the places everyone runs away from."
Touched, the two firefighters shared her kind deed on social media where it quickly went viral. And that was when they found out the true story of the beautiful waitress who had paid for them. Liz Woodward had been struggling to make ends meet for the last few years after her father suffered a brain disease that left him paraplegic (瘫痪的). Determined to help the woman who had showed such kindness even if she was suffering, they set up a campaign to raise $10,000 for a wheelchairaccessible car for her father. The donations, however, did not stop pouring in when the campaign ended. Having heard of her kind deed, Mobility Ventures, which made the wheelchairaccessible car, refused to take the money and gave the family one for free as a Christmas gift.
Liz couldn't be too grateful to the two firefighters and many strangers who have reached out to help her, saying, "The kindness and generosity the campaign supporters and Mobility Ventures have shown is really incredible, and I hope it brings hope to others in similar situations, and inspires people to help those in need in any way possible."
