That is a GREAT story!!
I have to say that I am hoping that deep down inside MOST people are generally nice.
Here's my story, we were out at lake Mead a few years ago at mid point out of Calleville.
We get ready to leave boat wont start, thinking its a dead battery we hiked to our neigbors camp site about 1/2 mile away accross the cove.
They came over no questions asked. he cant get it started so he gets his buddies boat. Still no go.. I am thiking WTF maybe the starter went out. Long story short rangers NEVER came after caling on there UHF radio many times and they said they would! We had no water, no food etc as it was a day trip and we ate and drank all we had brang.
So these folks give us all the beer, wine coolers we could drink and water. Plus cooked us all (4 of us) a steak, and alll the fixings and then the next morning towed us back into Calleville. That is one heck of a haul esp pulling in a boat.
I tried to give them all the money I had about $50 he would NOT take it no matter what I said or did.
So now I try to help peeps all the time. Towed people out all the time at Dumont, at mission bay etc. and have given people at registers money when they were short. (never over a few $$) so Shannon ROCKS