A veteran found the woman who bought him a Costco gift card
Vietnam-era veteran John Christina tracked down Sag Harbor's Erin Reiser, who had quietly given two veterans $50 gift cards. They reunited at the same Costco table.
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John Christina, a Vietnam-era veteran, found Erin Reiser of Sag Harbor, the woman who had quietly bought $50 Costco gift cards for two veterans, the Riverhead News-Review reported. They reunited at the same Costco table where the gift had happened. She had not put her name on the gesture. He tracked her down, and the meeting put the giver and one of the veterans back across that table.
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John Christina, a veteran of the Vietnam era, wanted to thank the stranger who bought him a gift card at a Costco, the Riverhead News-Review reported. The woman was Erin Reiser of Sag Harbor. She had quietly given $50 gift cards to two veterans. Christina found her, and they met again at the same Costco table. Quietly means she did not announce the gift. The reunion is the two of them back at that table after he tracked her down.
- Why would someone give a gift and not say who they are?
- What does it take to find a stranger after they have left a store?
- Why might meeting again at the same table matter to both people?
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