New wheelchair is coming for Harrisburg man who had his wheelchair stolen
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Harrisburg, PA (WNEP) — For the past several days, Anthony Williams has been forced to sit and wait.
Confined to his house without a car, Williams is unable to walk more than a block on his own.
But Wednesday, a gift changed his life.
A wheelchair was given to Williams to replace the one he had stolen from him in Harrisburg.
“That chair will help me a whole lot,” said Williams who added “when I get my chair I’ll have my freedom back.”
Williams said a woman contacted him and offered to help him get a new chair after the $2,000 wheelchair he had was taken on August 18.
Williams said he had put his chair on charge outside a gas station at 7th and McLay. Williams had gone inside the store, and came out to find it missing.
“My wife and a friend, they didn’t want to be on camera so they’re making us do it,” said Spyder of Infamous Ryders, who gathered a group of his fellow bikers at his wife’s request to carry the chair to Williams’ front door.
“It started as a post on Facebook. We heard that a good dude was riding around and somebody stole his chair,” Spyder said. Spyder said his wife launched a go fund me page which raised enough to purchase the new chair.
“I have bad legs and I have a bad back,” said WIlliams, who said he’s been passing the time playing cards, watching TV, and pinning his hope on a promise that a new chair would be given to him. “I couldn’t go anywhere. So, that was my bed.”
The promise to get Williams a new chair was fulfilled on Thursday.
“I want to thank her and I want to thank everybody for helping me,” said Williams.
“It actually makes us feel really good,” said Spyder, “because part of what we do is a lot of community service so being able to put a smile on somebody’s face is definitely a positive for us.”
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