Chance Encounter Between 2 Indiana Graduates Rescues Former College Ball Star from Homelessness
Reported byCBS Evening News ↗·Sourced by Goodlede
Jasper Steinmetz, a recent Indiana University graduate living in Austin, Texas, spotted a homeless man wearing an IU athletic backpack, started a conversation, discovered the man was Sampson James—a former IU athlete who had been homeless for eight months—and the chance encounter ultimately led to James being rescued from homelessness.
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