When They Saw The Note The Waitress Slipped Them The Firefighters Sprang Into Action

When they saw the note the waitress slipped them, the firefighters sprang into action when paul hullings and tim young walked into the 130 diner in delran new jersey. They had no way of knowing the life-changing series of events. They were about to begin. The diner was empty, but that’s to be expected at 5. 30 am the only person there.

Besides them was the late shift waitress after a while. She approached them silently slit them a note she had written. They were not prepared for what they read. The two firefighters were on their way home after a rough night of firefighting.

They desperately wanted a cup of coffee and decided to find somewhere to stop on their way home. They saw the sign for the 130 diner and decided to stop there. They had no idea what a fateful decision they had just made. However, paul and tim were used to seeing the harder uglier side of life as firefighters. They saw it every day what they had seen.

That night was clearly visible on their faces. However, what would happen in the diner that night would affect them both deeply? They just didn’t know it yet. Liz woodward was exhausted, her shift had been very long already and there was still no end in sight. She just had to keep going.

She was working toward a goal which meant she had to put up with her odd hours. Despite the toll they took on her, she looked at the men as they walked in and immediately saw their soot-covered clothes and the tired look on their faces, and she knew who they were her heart jumped as she recognized them. She went over to take their orders as they walked in they had said. I need the biggest cup of coffee that you have as soon as they said that i knew they had had a day. Paul said, as he rubbed his eyes, tim just nodded indicating that he wanted the same as she was preparing their coffee liz couldn’t help but overhear parts of their conversation.

It was then that she looked up at the news report on the tv and saw their faces staring right back at her liz stood frozen in horror as she listened to the news report, while finally under control the blaze had been raging for most of that night. Already it had started in a north brunswick warehouse which was less than an hour’s drive from the diner. It was at that moment that liz decided what she was about to do. Next liz could barely stop shaking, as she wrote the note on their bill. She added a picture of an axe while she waited for the two men to finish their coffee and the farmhouse breakfasts they had ordered once they were finished.

She slipped the note onto their table as she cleared the plates. Paul was the first to see the note and he couldn’t help but cry when he read it. Both paul and tim were speechless. After reading the note, it was clear that liz was also struggling financially, especially since she not only worked weekends or night shifts, but any shift she could in an attempt to earn the money she needed to pay off her student loans. Apart from that, she still needed to make ends meet too little.

Did they know just how much trouble really waited for her at home, tim and paul had been fighting the blaze in north brunswick for over 12 hours before tim realized. That paul was reaching his limit by the time the fire was brought under control. The two men were dead, tired tim realized that paul hadn’t had anything to eat yet, which is why they decided to go to the diner only to walk into a situation. They were not prepared for liz, had no way of knowing how her life was about to change. Once they had read the note several times, tim and paul immediately took a photo of it and uploaded it to facebook.

The post spread quickly gaining thousands of likes comments and shares strangers began to recognize her on the street after her overnight facebook fame. At this point, you might wonder what the note said. So we’ve done our breakfast and she handed me the bill and as of then, we had no bill. Liz’S touching note read your breakfast is on me today. Thank you for all that you do for serving others and for running into the places.

Everyone else runs away from no matter your role. You are courageous, brave and strong. Thank you for being bold every day, fueled by fire and driven by courage. What an example you are get some rest: here’s this waitress who’s working a midnight shift. Who knows how much tips she actually made that night and she’s thrown in you know her money for just a couple of regular guys.

However, it was only once the post had already gone viral that the two men would learn of the problems that were facing liz when they stumbled across liz’s gofundme account. The two men knew that they had to do something. Here’S this waitress who’s, just doing something. So nice, for us, which is really the one who needs the help such a selfless and kind act. I definitely urge my friends to make a trip out and support the business and, if liz happens to be your waitress tip big tim posted on facebook after he learned the truth, i got a message that said: liz was actually trying to raise money for her father Who’S quadriplegic and i immediately was like okay, i got ta share this too.

We have rented a van before twice actually so that my dad could attend his father’s funeral and his daughter’s graduation since transport isn’t covered unless your trip is deemed medically necessary and it’s very expensive out of pocket even to rent for a few hours. Liz’S gofundme page read: it was the first time since his aneurysm ruptured that he was able to interact with family members and friends. He hadn’t seen in years her father had had an aneurysm that left him permanently confined to a wheelchair, liz’s gofundme wasn’t set up to help her, but to help her buy a wheelchair, accessible van all in the hopes of making her dad’s life that much easier, paul And tim were struck by the fact that this was just another example of how this struggling waitress was trying to improve the lives of those around her. We watched my father smile and we witnessed joy and accomplishment, and we watched his memory, strengthen with every person who left his side in disbelief that he could remember exactly who they were and what got them in trouble. Back in the day, liz wrote on the gofundme page see my dad is still steve, he’s just steve who survived a brain injury and now uses a wheelchair.

He deserves to be steve and not just a patient or a number on a chart. She continued as more and more people saw tim and paul’s facebook post more and more people became aware of liz’s gofundme campaign donations from all over the world started to pour into her campaign. The campaign’s target was to reach seventeen hundred dollars in just a few days. However, the donations not merely doubled but tripled the target amount by the end of the campaign. The kind-hearted donors had donated a total of over 70 thousand dollars.

Obviously, this was more than enough to buy the van her dad needed and then some all of that. That’S because of you guys, just because she decided to brighten the day of two tired firefighters. She never expected to be rewarded for her actions, let alone to receive such a huge reward. As far as liz is concerned, however, she didn’t do anything noteworthy or special when she paid the 15 breakfast bill. It’S reached.

You know different states, different cities, different. It has spread across the world, i’m at a loss for words, i’m at a loss for words. The last thing she expected when she paid their bill was that it would snowball and become something so huge. Our family has witnessed an outpouring of love and support from around the world, and i want to thank each and every one of you, beautiful human beings, for making this dream possible. Liz wrote in a touching thank you on her page to express her gratitude to everyone that it contributed.