CEO gives employee a car after walking almost 20 miles to work

>> THIS IS MY CAR AND I WOULD LIKE IT TO BE YOUR CAR. I WOULD LIKE TO GIVE YOU THIS CAR RIGHT HERE. CHARLES: THAT WAS AN ALABAMA COLLEGE STUDENT AND BRAND-NEW EMPLOYEE OF THE BELLHOPS MOVING WALKING OVER 20 MILES FOR HIS FIRST DAY OF WORK. WALTER, LET'S GO THROUGH THIS. HOW COME YOU HAD TO WALK IN THE HAVE A RIDE. THE RIDE I HAD CALLED OUT ON ME AND SAID HE COULDN'T TAKE ME, SO I HAD TO FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE TO GET TOO WORK SO I DECIDED TO WALK. CHARLES: HAD YOU WALKED THAT FAR BEFORE OR DID YOU SAY THIS MY FIRST DAVE WORK AND I CAN'T MISS IT. >> IT'S THE LONGEST DISTANCE I HAVE EVER WALKED. I HAVE WALKED BEFORE. I THINK THAT'S THE LONGEST WALK I HAVE EVER DONE. CHARLES: MIDWAY THROUGH, THE WHAT HAPPENED FROM THERE. I SAID I FIGURED I WAS HOPING YOU WOULD CUT YOUR LIGHTS OFF BEHIND ME. WHEN HE SAID, HEY, HE SAID, DO YOU HAVE A LICENSE. HE SAID WHERE ARE YOU GOING? I SAID IT WILL SOUND CRAZY BY SUPPOSED TO GET THE JOB? I SAID 8:00. HE SAID WHERE DO YOU WORK? >> I SAID WE MEET AT MOVER'S HOUSE AND MOVE THEM FROM THE OLD HOUSE TO THE NEW HOUSE. REPORTER: HE SAID WHAT ACCUMULATION DID YOU LEAVE HOME? HE SAID YOU HAVE BEEN WALKING SINCE BEFORE MIDNIGHT? I SAID YES, SIR. IT WAS 3:00 GOING ON 4:00 WHEN THE POLICE OFFICERS TOOK ME UP AND GOT ME SOMETHING TO EAT. CHARLES: THEN THEY DROVE YOU TO THE JOB? >> THEY DROPPED ME OFF MIDWAY. THEY NOTE OFFICERS IN THE AREA, THEY TOLD THEM THAT I WAS IN THE AREA AND ONE OF HIS GOOD BUDDIES WILL PICK ME UP AND THAT HE DID. THREE OR FOUR MILES LATER HE WAS YOU WALKING TO WORK? HE SAID GET IN THE CAR. I SAID OKAY. I WAS AN HOUR EARLY FOR WORK. HUSBAND ANSWERED THE DOOR AND HE TELLS HER MY STORY. I GO IN, DO YOU WANT SOMETHING TO EAT? THEY SAID DO YOU WANT TO LIE DOWN? >> I SAID NO, I JUST WANTED TO GET THE JOB DONE. WHAT DID YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEARD THIS STORY? >> I HEARD THIS STORY A FEW TIMES NOW, AND EACH TIME IT -- IT JUST GETS BETTER AND BETTER. WHEN WE WOKE UP SUN DANE READ THE COMMITMENT AND RESOLVE. THESE ARE THINGS THAT ARE TRULY SPECIAL. WE THOUGHT THIS IS WHAT WE ARE ABOUT AND WE HAVE TO SHOW GRATITUDE. CHARLES: WALTER, I THINK THIS IS A GREAT STORY. WE DON'T HEAR ENOUGH ABOUT YOUNG PEOPLE WITH THAT KIND OF DETERMINATION IN THIS COUNTRY. THAT'S THE AMERICAN DREAM. I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY IN ALABAMA. THEY WOULD WALK LONG DISTANCES TO GET THINGS DONE. THAT WAS A COMMONPLACE THING. BUT YOU ARE FAMOUS NOW. WHAT DO YOU PLAN ON DOING? >> GO OUT AND MEET NEW PEOPLE, HEAR THEIR STORIES. KNOWING SOMEBODY CARES. WITH A GoFundMe ACCOUNT I FOUNDATION AND GO TO SCHOOLS AND INSPIRE AND HELP PEOPLE LIKE I YOU THE FINAL WORD. WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE? IT'S A GREAT STORY. >> WE HAVE A REAL STAR IN A LONG RELATIONSHIP WITH WALTER. AND I COULD SEE A PRETTY BRIGHT FUTURE FOR HIM AT OUR COMPANY. I LOOK FORWARD TO A REALLY LONG UP AND OFFERING HIM A CAR. GOD BLESS YOU.

Channel: Fox Business

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Length: 5min 32sec (332 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 18 2018