Helpfulness is more than a word Modern Samaritan: Bonn man helps tourist couple

Bonn · In all the every day stress, they still are around: People who selflessly help others, spontaneously. Like it happened to Colin Ashby and his wife. The two tourists were looking for their car to no avail, when Bonn man came to their rescue in Poppelsdorf.

They still exist. The helpful people. Who don’t need to be talked into helping. A few weeks prior to St Martin’s Day a Bonn man excelled with a good deed. He was not on a horse like St Martin but in a modern vehicle when he helped Colin Ashby and his wife, spontaneously. The tourist couple came from France to visit Bonn.

As a young student, Ashby had lived in the federal city during the summer of 1956. More than 60 years later he wanted to retrace the steps of his student days and visit his former student digs. They parked their car near the Jagdweg and walked through Poppeldorf towards the castle. After visiting the sight they got confused with the street names and could not find the place where they had left their car. For an hour and a half they strayed through the quarter - unfortunately to no avail. Until a red Suzuki stopped. The driver recognised the need of the visitors and spontaneously offered to help.

„What good luck that this friendly and helpful gentleman came our way“, says Ashby. He drove Ashby and his wife through the streets until they found their car again. Just like St Martin the man remained incognito. „Who it was or what his name was - I don’t know, but I thank him from the bottom of my heart“, Ashby wrote to the General-Anzeiger.

Sometimes it takes a modern version of a helper - not on a horse necessarily but in a red car. The helpful gesture of the Bonn man should not just be the fashion around St Martin’s Day. After all, the Bonn people can prove their hospitality and helpfulness once more during the coming weeks, when visitors from all over the world come to Bonn for the world climate conference. (Original text: Sabrina Bauer Translation: Mareike Graepel)

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