“Thank you doesn’t really seem to answer it, does it?”
Donations have flooded in from around the world for an elderly man with disabilities who was violently mugged last weekend in northern England.
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Alan Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone when he was pushed to the ground and robbed outside his home in Gateshead, England, on Jan. 25, the BBC reported.
He is now staying with his sister because he is too afraid to return home.
Local beautician Katie Cutler started a GoFundMe campaign to raise about $750 to help Barnes move house.
But the campaign has since gone viral, with people raising more than $180,000.
Cutler told the BBC she was "overwhelmed" by the success of her campaign, with donations received from around the world.
"Not just people in the North East, but we've had people donating from Canada, Holland, down south, the USA, New Zealand," she said.
"This person that hurt Alan, is just a minority," she said.
Barnes said he has been touched by people's generosity, describing it as "just unbelievable".
"I've heard of fundraising for charities but I've only got a fractured collarbone, I didn't expect that sort of response," he said.
"Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?"
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