70-year-old loses thousands in bank parking lot; 96 percent of stash found:

TORRANCE, Calif. - A dozen bystanders rushed in to help a 70-year-old man after he stumbled leaving a Southern California bank, causing thousands of dollars to scatter in the wind.

Ludwig Geier says hundreds of bills were "gone in no time," flying through the air and littering the First National Bank's parking lot in Torrance on Monday.

Almost immediately, about a dozen bystanders rushed in to help. The machine shop owner says about 96 percent of the money was found.

Geier says he's going to pray for those good Samaritans, adding, "If I could get them together, I'd buy them dinner and drinks."

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Sometimes it is just good to post topics of a positive nature especially during an election year.

Mark

Neat story. The one time I was in CA, I stayed at a friend's apartment in Torrance. Didn't notice it being particulary windy, though. Sucks for him, sort of.

Kinda restores my faith in human nature. Most of us like to do good things for other people. The reward is intrinsic, and that's what most of us live for.

i find this story a little questionable. i can believe there were nice people around to help this guy when he needed it most. it's just hard to believe that none of them saw the other man standing just outside the bank with the huge rented fan.