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<blockquote data-quote="TnWatchdog" data-source="post: 62149" data-attributes="member: 3077"><p>By MARC SANTORA and ALEX VADUKUL</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/index.html?partner=msnbcpolitics" target="_blank"><img src="http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Art/nyt_logo_140x252.gif" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>updated 12/3/2012 5:25:54 AM ET 2012-12-03T10:25</p><p>After Officer Lawrence DePrimo knelt beside a barefoot man on a bitterly cold November night in Times Square, giving him a pair of boots, a photo of his random act of good will quickly took <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/nyregion/photo-of-officer-giving-boots-to-barefoot-man-warms-hearts-online.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699">on a life of its own</span></a>— becoming a symbol for a million acts of kindness that go unnoticed every day and a reminder that even in this tough, often anonymous city, people can still look out for one another.</p><p>Officer DePrimo was celebrated on front pages and morning talk shows, the Police Department came away with a burnished image and millions got a smile from a nice story.</p><p>But what of the shoeless man?</p><p>For days, his bare feet — blistered and battered — were well known. Yet precise details about him proved elusive.</p><p> </p><p>His name is Jeffrey Hillman, and on Sunday night, he was once again wandering the streets — this time on the Upper West Side — with no shoes.</p><p><a href="http://paranormalis.com/#slice-1" target="_blank"><strong><span style="font-size: 15px"><span style="color: #336699">Video: After officer’s gift, homeless man ‘lit up like it was Christmas’ </span></span></strong></a>(on this page)</p><p>The $100 pair of boots that Officer DePrimo had bought for him at a Sketchers store on Nov. 14 were nowhere to be seen.</p><p>“Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money,” Mr. Hillman said in an interview on Broadway in the 70s. “I could lose my life.”</p><p>Mr. Hillman, 54, was by turns aggrieved, grateful and taken aback by all the attention that had come his way — even as he struggled to figure out what to do about it.</p><p>“I was put on YouTube, I was put on everything without permission. What do I get?” he said. “This went around the world, and I want a piece of the pie.”</p><p>He did not recall the photo being taken but remembered well the gift from Officer DePrimo. “I appreciate what the officer did, don’t get me wrong,” he said. “I wish there were more people like him in the world.”</p><p>At another point he said: “I want to thank everyone that got onto this thing. I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart. It meant a lot to me. And to the officer, first and foremost.”</p><p><strong><a href="http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2012/11/30/15568550-cop-who-bought-shoes-for-homeless-man-really-didnt-think-about-the-money?lite" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #336699">Cop who bought shoes for homeless man 'really didn't think about the money'</span></strong></a></strong></p><p>Mr. Hillman said he came to New York about a decade ago and had been on the streets most of that time. He moves about Manhattan, he said, not frequenting any particular neighborhood. On Sunday, he was making his way from the Upper West Side to Times Square.</p><p>If it rained, he added, he might seek refuge on a train.</p><p>Mr. Hillman said he was from South Plainfield, N.J. He said he joined the Army in 1978 and served as a “food service specialist” in the United States and Germany.</p><p>He produced a worn veteran’s identification card that confirmed his service.</p><p>Mr. Hillman said that he was honorably discharged after five years and that before he became homeless he worked in kitchens in New Jersey.</p><p>He has two children — Nikita, 22, and Jeffrey, 24 — but has had little contact with them since a visit three years ago, Mr. Hillman said.</p><p>He was reluctant to talk about how he ended up on the streets, staring blankly ahead when asked how his life went off course.</p><p>After a long pause, he shook his head and said, “I don’t know.”</p><p><strong><a href="http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/50007300/ns/today-the_new_york_times/t/photo-nypd-officer-giving-boots-barefoot-man-warms-hearts-online/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #336699">NYT: Photo of NYPD officer giving boots to barefoot man warms hearts online</span></strong></a></strong></p><p>Since Mr. Hillman’s bare feet became famous, other people reported seeing him without shoes — one even after Officer DePrimo’s gift — and one woman said she had bought him a pair of shoes a year ago. Whatever the case, Mr. Hillman seemed accustomed to walking the pavement shoeless.</p><p>He was panhandling on Sunday night and carried a cup with a few coins inside.</p><p>The story seemed to dominate the city’s attention late last week. Speaking of Officer DePrimo on his radio program last week, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, “That’s what they’re trained to do — help people.”</p><p>Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly expressed his appreciation by giving Officer DePrimo a pair of department cuff links during a private meeting on Thursday.</p><p><strong><a href="http://usnews.nbcnews.com/" target="_blank"><strong><span style="color: #336699">More US stories from NBC News</span></strong></a></strong></p><p>Officer DePrimo, 25, who lives with his parents in Suffolk County, rocketed to national attention after the Police Department posted the photo of him and Mr. Hillman, taken by an Arizona tourist, on its Facebook page.</p><p>On Sunday, Mr. Hillman was spotted by Jamie Seerman and her sister Samantha near 79th Street and Broadway as they were shopping for a Christmas tree.</p><p>As he was being interviewed, several people noticed him.</p><p>“What happened to the boots?” one man asked.</p><p><em>J. David Goodman contributed reporting.</em></p><p><em>This story, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/nyregion/barefoot-homeless-man-says-hes-grateful-for-boots.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #336699"><em>"</em>Homeless man grateful for boots, but is barefoot again,"</span></a></em><em>originally appeared in The New York Times.</em></p><p>Copyright <em>© </em>2012 The New York Times</p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #ffff00">Nothing takes away this act of kindness but you wonder about the individual on the receiving end. Did someone steal the boots, did he give them away, trade them for something? I saw a guy in Nashville selling donuts on the street to cars stopped at a traffic light. I later saw the actor get into a new vehicle at a neighborhood business. He acted like Edward Norton in the movie, "The Score" but was like a regular person when getting into his car. Who knows for sure, except, again...the gesture was an act of kindness.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TnWatchdog, post: 62149, member: 3077"] By MARC SANTORA and ALEX VADUKUL [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/index.html?partner=msnbcpolitics'][IMG]http://msnbcmedia3.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Sources/Art/nyt_logo_140x252.gif[/IMG][/URL] updated 12/3/2012 5:25:54 AM ET 2012-12-03T10:25 After Officer Lawrence DePrimo knelt beside a barefoot man on a bitterly cold November night in Times Square, giving him a pair of boots, a photo of his random act of good will quickly took [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/29/nyregion/photo-of-officer-giving-boots-to-barefoot-man-warms-hearts-online.html'][COLOR=#336699]on a life of its own[/COLOR][/URL]— becoming a symbol for a million acts of kindness that go unnoticed every day and a reminder that even in this tough, often anonymous city, people can still look out for one another. Officer DePrimo was celebrated on front pages and morning talk shows, the Police Department came away with a burnished image and millions got a smile from a nice story. But what of the shoeless man? For days, his bare feet — blistered and battered — were well known. Yet precise details about him proved elusive. His name is Jeffrey Hillman, and on Sunday night, he was once again wandering the streets — this time on the Upper West Side — with no shoes. [URL='http://paranormalis.com/#slice-1'][B][SIZE=4][COLOR=#336699]Video: After officer’s gift, homeless man ‘lit up like it was Christmas’ [/COLOR][/SIZE][/B][/URL](on this page) The $100 pair of boots that Officer DePrimo had bought for him at a Sketchers store on Nov. 14 were nowhere to be seen. “Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money,” Mr. Hillman said in an interview on Broadway in the 70s. “I could lose my life.” Mr. Hillman, 54, was by turns aggrieved, grateful and taken aback by all the attention that had come his way — even as he struggled to figure out what to do about it. “I was put on YouTube, I was put on everything without permission. What do I get?” he said. “This went around the world, and I want a piece of the pie.” He did not recall the photo being taken but remembered well the gift from Officer DePrimo. “I appreciate what the officer did, don’t get me wrong,” he said. “I wish there were more people like him in the world.” At another point he said: “I want to thank everyone that got onto this thing. I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart. It meant a lot to me. And to the officer, first and foremost.” [B][URL='http://todaynews.today.com/_news/2012/11/30/15568550-cop-who-bought-shoes-for-homeless-man-really-didnt-think-about-the-money?lite'][B][COLOR=#336699]Cop who bought shoes for homeless man 'really didn't think about the money'[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/B] Mr. Hillman said he came to New York about a decade ago and had been on the streets most of that time. He moves about Manhattan, he said, not frequenting any particular neighborhood. On Sunday, he was making his way from the Upper West Side to Times Square. If it rained, he added, he might seek refuge on a train. Mr. Hillman said he was from South Plainfield, N.J. He said he joined the Army in 1978 and served as a “food service specialist” in the United States and Germany. He produced a worn veteran’s identification card that confirmed his service. Mr. Hillman said that he was honorably discharged after five years and that before he became homeless he worked in kitchens in New Jersey. He has two children — Nikita, 22, and Jeffrey, 24 — but has had little contact with them since a visit three years ago, Mr. Hillman said. He was reluctant to talk about how he ended up on the streets, staring blankly ahead when asked how his life went off course. After a long pause, he shook his head and said, “I don’t know.” [B][URL='http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/50007300/ns/today-the_new_york_times/t/photo-nypd-officer-giving-boots-barefoot-man-warms-hearts-online/'][B][COLOR=#336699]NYT: Photo of NYPD officer giving boots to barefoot man warms hearts online[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/B] Since Mr. Hillman’s bare feet became famous, other people reported seeing him without shoes — one even after Officer DePrimo’s gift — and one woman said she had bought him a pair of shoes a year ago. Whatever the case, Mr. Hillman seemed accustomed to walking the pavement shoeless. He was panhandling on Sunday night and carried a cup with a few coins inside. The story seemed to dominate the city’s attention late last week. Speaking of Officer DePrimo on his radio program last week, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said, “That’s what they’re trained to do — help people.” Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly expressed his appreciation by giving Officer DePrimo a pair of department cuff links during a private meeting on Thursday. [B][URL='http://usnews.nbcnews.com/'][B][COLOR=#336699]More US stories from NBC News[/COLOR][/B][/URL][/B] Officer DePrimo, 25, who lives with his parents in Suffolk County, rocketed to national attention after the Police Department posted the photo of him and Mr. Hillman, taken by an Arizona tourist, on its Facebook page. On Sunday, Mr. Hillman was spotted by Jamie Seerman and her sister Samantha near 79th Street and Broadway as they were shopping for a Christmas tree. As he was being interviewed, several people noticed him. “What happened to the boots?” one man asked. [I]J. David Goodman contributed reporting.[/I] [I]This story, [URL='http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/03/nyregion/barefoot-homeless-man-says-hes-grateful-for-boots.html'][COLOR=#336699][I]"[/I]Homeless man grateful for boots, but is barefoot again,"[/COLOR][/URL][/I][I]originally appeared in The New York Times.[/I] Copyright [I]© [/I]2012 The New York Times [SIZE=5][COLOR=#ffff00]Nothing takes away this act of kindness but you wonder about the individual on the receiving end. Did someone steal the boots, did he give them away, trade them for something? I saw a guy in Nashville selling donuts on the street to cars stopped at a traffic light. I later saw the actor get into a new vehicle at a neighborhood business. He acted like Edward Norton in the movie, "The Score" but was like a regular person when getting into his car. Who knows for sure, except, again...the gesture was an act of kindness.[/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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