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  This is so beautiful - a reminder that there is still so much good in the world when we’re constantly bombarded by the bad. What an incredible person - I hope she gets the recognition she should.
context: Sha’Kyra Aughtry is amazing for all that she did to help this man.  
  According to articles, the man she rescued lives in a group home because he is mentally disabled.  She took took him in and cared for him over the holiday because EMT wasn’t able to respond due to the blizzard.  She appealed for help over Facebook and helped him with essentials such as eating, using the bathroom, etc because his hands are so injured from frostbite.
  I hope her actions get the attention they deserve.  It’s difficult even to care for family/loved ones that need this type of medical assistance and she did so for a stranger during the holidays. >
  
  Buffalo is commonly known as “the city of good neighbors”. This is why. Our city gets battered with insane weather and history has been unkind to our local economics. But no matter what, we bend over backwards to help our neighbors in need. If you ever get stuck in a snow bank somewhere you better hope it’s Buffalo because every neighbor who sees you and owns a shovel will be out to help you in no time. 
  Source: am 5th generation Buffalonian >
  
  my dad lived in Buffalo in the 70s when "The Big One" hit.   he still tears up thinking about the people who froze to death in their cars because some couldnt get out.   He said his neighbor and him were out all night shovelling snow just to get people OUT of their cars in downtown.   Buffalonians are great. >
  
  My dad ALWAYS shoveled the driveways, stoops and sidewalks for all the elderly on our block. 
  We grew up on the west side and then he moved out to Orchard Park and continued the habit, just for the normal, healthy younger neighbors. Kept him busy and warm, is what he said. One day he came home, absolutely ecstatic to report that he made a shovel buddy up the street with none other than Doug Flutie, who lived in our townhouse complex, unbeknownst to us, with a handful of other Buffalo Bills players. He was out doing the same for his immediate neighbors and my dad considered him forever a class act for that. He even kept a box of Flutie Flakes on the fridge, in allegiance. 
  My dad had a lot of stories like this and they always had two things in common: community and that fucking snow. >
  
  Shit, I wish I had THAT connection for my “Flutie Flakes” addiction at the time. I lived off of that cereal for like a year, haha. I dunno what it was about them, but they were the perfectly delicious sugar coated flake cereal. Never found a comparable one. >
  
  Aren’t they just sugared Wheaties? I never actually ever tried them. >
  
  They were kind of like the flake from something like “honey bunches of oats”…thicker where they wouldn’t go soggy easily, but they would absorb some milk so they’d be like the perfect crunch + softish. They were tasty too - besides the sugar coating, it was a quality flake flavor. This sounds so ridiculous talking about Doug friggin Flutie’s cereal, but I loved it! Haha
  I’ve tried a lot of flakes, generics of all kinds…never found em. You’d think they would just be a rebranded existing cereal - but I never found em
  I have an unopened box that has to be close to 25 years old. I have thought about opening it many times. I wonder if they’d still be good? Ha >
  
  Poor old guy... hope he recovers well. Watch for each other out there folks, something that stuck out to me from this story is the fact that nobody was coming, she was just on a list. If we don't watch out for each other, nobody else will. These folks should be honored as heroes but this kind of heroism shouldn't be so rare. >
  
  That's awesome, good for her for doing what she can.  It's acts of kindness like this that help get us through these tragedies. 
   As Mr Rogers said, look for the helpers.  
  Fingers crossed Joe makes a full recovery, poor dude. >
  
  Acoording to the article he's recovering from 4th degree frostbite. They may need to amputate the frostbitten parts of his hands, at least according to a quick Google search. Poor guy. 
  At least Sha'Kyra and Trent and the other kind volunteers were able to get him to a hospital for treatment. One can only hope the damage was minimal... >
  
  ...holy crap. 4th degree means it went down to the bone. >
  
  Wish I didn’t look up pictures of this.. >
  
  (pat pat pat) Go watch some Flatbush Cats on Youtube. >
  
  Sha’Kyra Aughtry and Trent are some real life heroes >
  
  Louder for the people in back honey >
  
  I would love to give you an award for most unnecessarily cliché comment of the day but I'm out of coins. >
  
  But I was in the back and couldn't hear it :( >
  
  The city of good neighbors strikes again >
  
  We need more Sha’Kyras and Trents in this world. >
  
  Be the change you want to see in the world. >
  
  But, all I have is this pancake 🥞 >
  
  Well when someone needs that pancake, you know what to do. >
  
  She got a strange man out of the STREET and HELPED him? How many of us would do that? Thanks Sha'kyra for teaching me how to human better. >
  
  Especially since it started to get dangerous. When shit got real there were countless people doing this, and that continued to. However after a bit scumbags started "pleading for help" and when people let them in they robed them at gunpoint. Many people c tinued but it definitely tuee ed some away from strangers >
  
  Ok people. This right here is what a Real Life Hero looks like. Sha’Kyra Aughtry. She is the one❤️ >
  
  I hope this woman gets all the good karma points and more for this heroic deed. Need more people like her in this world. >
  
  Karma points only work on Reddit and they're useless. She needs a go fund me. >
  
  She has one! My phone is being slow so I can’t link it but google her name and it should pop up. >
  
  Why is she collecting money? >
  
  Sometimes when people do really good shit, people want to donate money to them and the easiest way to do it is a go fund me >
  
  Thanks for answering. >
  
  Sha'kyra showed me the true extent of what it means to be human when she took in a stranger from the street and provided him with help. Who amongst us can say they would do the same? Thank you, Sha'kyra, for helping me understand how to be a better person. >
  
  These are the humans we need not the other sad excuses u hear about >
  
  The world needs decent humans like this, great person. >
  
  I was joking the other day that nothing brings people together like a snow storm. Last times my car has been stuck I've had random people show up to push me out, this includes people leaving their warm houses to help a complete stranger. Of course I've done the same for other people. >
  
  Its a primal instinct. Making sure our fellow humans dont freeze to death. >
  
  Every human being has a basic instinct: to help each other out. If a hiker gets lost in the mountains, people will coordinate a search. If a train crashes, people will line up to give blood. If an earthquake levels a city, people all over the world will send emergency supplies. This is so fundamentally human that it's found in every culture without exception. Yes, there are assholes who just don't care, but they're massively outnumbered by the people who do. \~ 
  Mark Watney, The Martian >
  
  I hope to be the caring person she was if I come upon a situation like this. >
  
  I love that woman. That is how we should all treat each other. >
  
  Think of this story when you see the smash and grab videos. Don’t group people into one group. >
  
  Thank you queen. I wish we could organize a thank you effort of sorts to give her and her kids an extra Christmas ‘thank you’ since it was a stressful yet completely damn selfless situation..we need more Sha’Kyras in this world. >
  
  Buffalo here! There is a Go Fund Me for her. I donated yesterday and it was already at $5k. She is a true angel & we are so proud of her!! >
  
  At $82k now >
  
  Nice! Way past the original goal of 20k! >
  
  And that man is none other than Larry David! >
  
  He's just a victim of the circumstances >
  
  ”When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, "Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” — Fred Rogers
  I always try to keep this in mind. As scary and dark as the world seems finding the helpers, the carers, the people who unconditionally love their fellow man, helps me to keep my head above water. 
  May her kindness return to her threefold. >
  
  I initially missed the word 'woman'.
  "Buffalo saves man with severe frostbite..."
  My brain: wow, not gonna scroll past this one, keep reading
  "...after getting him out of the storm..."
  My brain: (images of buffalo dragging man to safety)
  "...and pleading for help in a FB livestream"
  My brain: wtf >
  
  This is awesome! >
  
  What kind of group home for the developmentally disabled lets a resident go out into a blizzard?! There needs to be some accountability there! >
  
  Social Worker here. People living in what are generally thought of as group homes , aka Adult Foster Care, have an enormous range of cognitive and mental diagnoses. Contrary to popular belief, those who run those homes are not the residents’ guardians and must have explicit, written plans that allow them to restrict people’s access to the community. If these plans aren’t in place and they do so, it’s a Recipient Rights violation. If a resident of a home chooses to go out in dangerous conditions, the first thing the owner/manager should do would be to call the person’s Guardian and their Case Manager. If police or family (non-Guardian) are called the best they can do without a court order is try to convince the person to change their mind about being out. >
  
  Thank you for the insight