After finding a foreign woman's wallet in the trash in Atlanta, the homeless Joel Hartman hunted down which hotel she was staying at and returned it. Though he just left and expected nothing in return, the staff at the Omni at CNN Center ended up hunting him down and invited him to stay free for a number of days.
Joel Hartman was digging through trash, hoping to find someone’s leftover food. Instead, he found a French woman’s wallet. Inside was her identification and credit card.
Hartman, 36, said he could’ve kept it. But he didn’t. He went to four hotels until he succeeded in finding the one where the wallet’s owner was staying.
That was two weeks ago.
Friday night, Hartman got payback for his good deed. He’ll be a guest at the Omni Hotel at CNN Center through Thanksgiving. He’ll be fed and given new clothes. And he’s got $500 in his pocket, thanks to a hotel staff that searched tirelessly to find him. Read More
