Back in 2014, Georgian native Chris Wright was driving his family to church in the rain. Along the way, he spotted a woman walking along the side of the road with a gas can in her hand. Knowing the closest gas station was still quite far away, he dropped off his family and circled back to pick the woman up.
According to Wright’s wife, Carmen, her husband always had a big heart but he’d never felt compelled to help a stranger like that before. “You know when you have an urge and a desire to do something good?” she told CBS News. “He was raised that way. He’s kind and generous to everyone. He’d never picked up anybody before, but he felt compelled.”
Although neither of the strangers knew it then, that wouldn’t be the last time they saw each other.
“My dad called me after she leaves and said, ‘Hey, I got a lady that we need to use because for whatever it is, there’s something different about her. I feel better when she’s in the house and your mom loves her as well,’” Wright recalled to ABC News. So he reached out to the aid and arranged a time to meet.
Wright and Hector found themselves face-to-face again, although they didn’t recognize each other at first. But when Hector recalled the story of the kind man who helped her that rainy day, he couldn’t help but tear up.
“That was me,” Chris admitted. They both took off their hats and realized their past connection.
In their hearts, they knew the meeting was more than a coincidence. Wright felt as though Hector was a guardian angel sent by God to help his mother during her time of need.
Another life-changing moment
According to Wright, Hector treated his mother with respect, dignity, and care, often going above the call of duty and even stopping by after hours to help her out.
When Judy died on July 9, 2017, Hector left her own birthday celebration in order to be with the Wright family. Then and there they decided to help Hector with her dreams.
They started a fundraising campaign in lieu of flowers with the goal of $1,000. Hector had spoken of wanting to complete nursing school to become an OBGYN nurse, but her tuition was past due and she also had a family to care for. The story caught on, and within 45 minutes the family had reached its goal. Less than a week later the word had spread and the account swelled to $8,000. A few days following that it was at $34,000.
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