Good NewsB.C. woman in wheelchair robbed of iPad on SkyTrain gets help from unexpected source
Stolen iPad replaced by CBC Vancouver viewer Dennis Wong after watching the story.
It's a sad story with a happy ending.
On May 10th, Cassie Campbell was robbed on a SkyTrain in Burnaby, B.C.
Two men approached Campbell's wheelchair — Campbell is deaf, has cerebral palsy, and cannot speak — and snatched her iPad, her only means of communication.
When Campbell tried to chase after them, the men pushed her over in her chair and ran off with the device at the next station. Campbell sustained some bruising but was otherwise okay.
Despite several witness — some of whom even chased after the robbers — no arrests were made.
CBC News Vancouver shared Campbell's story on Wednesday. After it aired, a viewer contacted the station, offering to buy a new iPad for Campbell.
That viewer, Dennis Wong, presented the new iPad to Campbell at a nearby Apple Store a few hours later.
"You just want to help out as many people as you can," Wong said. "And I'm so glad I've been able to help her out."
Global BC reports that another good Samaritan also offered to buy Campbell an iPad:
"The fact that so many people wanted to help someone they don't know out of the kindness of their hearts is an overwhelming development in the story."
Update: The Vancouver Sun is reporting that one of the suspects has been arrested and police continue to search for the second man wanted in the assault and theft.
