College Student Walked 20 Miles To 1st Day Of Work So His Boss Gave Him His Car

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After a social media post about an Alabama college student’s 20-mile journey on foot to make his first day on the job got a lot of attention, his boss gifted him a car.

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Walter Carr’s vehicle broke down the night before he was supposed to start a new job with a moving company, but he didn’t panic.

Instead, he set out on foot and walked more than 20 miles in the middle of the night to ensure he arrived on time.

Walter walked at least 14 miles before police picked him up at 4 a.m. Once they learned his story, they took him to breakfast and then gave him a ride the rest of the way to the home of the Lamey family, who he was scheduled to help move that morning.

Jenny Hayden Lamey shared the rest of the story on Facebook:

“Yesterday was a long day. But a good day. Chris and I woke up around 5:45am to get everything staged and ready for the movers. Around 6:30am the doorbell rang. It was a police officer. He proceeded to tell us that he had picked up “this nice kid” in Pelham early this morning. “The nice kid”, Walter, said that he was supposed to help us with our move today. It was his first day on the job with this moving company (Bellhops) and he was “training” today. The officer proceeded to tell us that the previous evening Walter’s car broke down and he didn’t know how he was going to get to work. So he left Homewood at MIDNIGHT and started WALKING to Pelham on 280.

He WALKED ALL NIGHT to get from Homewood to Pelham. Because he needed to get to work. For those reading this that are not local, that’s over 20 Miles.

You could tell how the officer told us this story that he had complete admiration for Walter and by my reaction he could tell I did too. The police officer said they picked him up earlier that morning, took him to get some breakfast and once they checked his story out, brought Walter to our house. We introduced ourselves to Walter and told the officer he was just fine to stay here with us until the rest of the crew arrived. I asked Walter if he wanted to go upstairs and rest until everyone else arrived. He declined and said he could go ahead and get started. So he began working alongside Chris and I before the rest of the crew arrived.

We chatted while we were working together early yesterday morning. He loved my kitchen…

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