Vlogger Raises $17,000 for Homeless Man He Met on His Road Trip: ‘I Want to Humanize Him’

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4/13/2021Updated: 4/13/2021

A homeless man in Connecticut received $17,000 in donations after a video clip about his life journey went viral.

The rough sleeper, Mike, 46, was overcome by emotion when he was handed the money by a video-content creator, Phillip Vu, 24.

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