They texted the wrong number, but reached the right person -- a total stranger who offered to help

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https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/us/wrong-text-act-of-kindness-trnd/index.html

)A text message to a stranger ended up doing a lot of good for a family needing help in Arizona.


Abby Fink thought she'd sent a text message to a church friend, Alex Jakeman, she told CNN.

"Hey brother Jakeman, this is sister Fink, we are bringing you dinner tomorrow I was wondering what time would be a good time to bring it over," the text read.

The Jakeman family's 4-year-old son, Noah, was fighting for his life. The boy suffered from a seizure and was vomiting and going through respiratory failure, his mother told CNN.

Noah has Lennox Gasteau Syndrome, which is a severe type of epilepsy and cerebral palsy. He has brittle bones, abnormal brain development, autism and is non-verbal and unable to walk around on his own, his mother said.

But the message never got to the Jakeman family. It landed on the phone of a different person.

That individual, named Bill, texted back, Oh what are you bringing me, I don't like seafood."

"I was confused at first because the reaction I got from him was not one of someone with a child in the ICU," Fink said.

Once Fink explained that her friend's son was in ICU at Phoenix Children's Hospital, Bill put the jokes aside, he told CNN. He did not want his last name used.
He asked how he could get involved. After some coordination, Bill started raising money on Facebook and asked his network for cards, blood donations and monetary donations to help the family with medical expenses.

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1. Thanks for posting. This will spawn a new fad.

I see them on message boards every week. I need food, a car, I'm broke, my kids are starving. How many are legit? Dunno. But there are organizations to help with those needs. One doesn't need to populate Craigslist.