After reading the Detroit Free Press story on James Robertson’s work commute, Evan Leedy, a 19-year-old Detroit college student started a GoFundMe page for Robertson, a complete stranger to him, within minutes of finishing the story.

The initial goal was $5,000, it’s far exceeded that goal. the link to the original story is below.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/flood-donations-michigan-man-james-robertson-21-mile/story?id=28670981