This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.

Juli Cobb, a creative arts teacher in Albuquerque, N.M., was driving home from work one day this year when she ran out of gas. Her car sputtered to a stop in the middle of the road near a crowded homeless encampment under the freeway.

"I was sitting there so vulnerable, and I was anxious," Cobb said. "But this man ran up to me from under the bridge and asked me if I needed help."

She explained what had happened. He told her he would try to help, but first he needed to get her car out of the road.

"He single-handedly tried to push me," Cobb recalled. "And I couldn't unlock the steering and it wasn't moving. Then two other

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