On Monday, a homeless man was found in a dumpster at a business in downtown Huntsville.
No one knew he was there until a commercial front load driver with Republic Services spotted him on the garbage truck's camera.
"He saw the individual in his — we call it a hopper camera — go into the hopper, and he immediately stopped all aspects of the truck operation," Republic Services Operations Manager Chuck Cantrell said.
The driver, who doesn't want to be identified, helped the man get out of the back of the truck.
However, he didn't just send him on his way.
That driver called his supervisor, concerned about the man's well-being.
"When they got there, they said he was very cold, so they put him inside of our pickup truck, got him warm," Cantrell said.
Meanwhile, Cantrell went to Walmart.
"Something told me to go there and pick up some stuff for the gentleman," Cantrell said. "I bought a pair of boots, some long johns, a nice down jacket, a hoodie, some extra pairs of socks."
The business didn't want this act of kindness to go unnoticed. They reached out to Ãå±±ÂÖ¼é and even provided footage from a security camera of the incident.
All of the people involved say it's the least they could do.
"In the world in which we live today, you don't hear enough people doing the good things," Cantrell said. "We always hear the bad news. It's just something that we do here at our business unit. It's something that I have been taught over the years by my parents: When you have something to give, give it."
Cantrell said the man was very appreciative of everyone who helped him and was later spotted at Downtown Rescue Mission.
