Dani and Curtis: the complete video story.

Content note: This video discusses a potentially sensitive personal or community circumstance. The transcript preserves the reviewed public wording and uncertainty markers.

Canonical source transcript: JVL-V-000031.txt Public state: ELIGIBLE_AFTER_CLEANUP_EDITORIAL_AND_PRIVACY_REVIEW Speaker treatment: Neutral, unlabeled dialogue. Names appear only when spoken or otherwise verified; no speaker identity was invented. Editorial note: Punctuation, capitalization, caption/OCR artifacts, repeated caption holds, paragraphing, and accidental private-contact exposure were reviewed. Spoken substance is preserved.

[00:00–00:08] My blood sugar is low. Do you have anything with sugar in it by chance? Sure come on in. I'll just I. I don't want to intrude it's okay. Okay I'll find something.

[00:08–00:17] Here you go sir. What is this? Oh some chocolate. Do you know where the bus? Loohs. There's a fine.

[00:17–00:26] F you walk down to the end of the block. You need some money to catch a bus. Twenty dollars will help you out? That's too much no twenty twenty. Twenty bucks is too much. That's good.

[00:26–00:32] Thank you. You welcome. What's your name? Curtis, I’m Josh. Do you have the money to be giving it? Do you have the mong to?

[00:33–00:42] No but it's okay. The good lord gonna bless me for that. Here take the two. Too though cause you'll need change to get on the. Are you his girlfriend? On.

[00:42–00:53] I’m a friend though haha. I mess with him a lot and he helps me out a lot. So I help him out when he needs help. You help her too yeah. We help each other haha. What you doin' mel mel?

[00:53–01:07] Alright well he wants to come out the door so bad. And how do you pay the bills when you have no work? Well I work with my landlord. You know he: a good guy. You know I be sick a lot. You know she come help me.

[01:07–01:21] So he understand. What are you sick with? I got all kinds of sickness. Without her sometimes! don't know what I'd do. Sometimes I can't get out the bed. She'll come here and clean up and help me to eat.

[01:21–01:31] All that. You got a good friend a real good friend. Is she strucglng too, ch? She is too real bad. I’m not gonna take this from you. On on on on.

[01:31–01:40] No no no no. I didn't know you were struggling as well. And I’m sorry. Well yeah. I mean mnlmoney just got stole but. And they took my whole welfare check so.

[01:40–01:49] Were behind in rent? And we're behind in all the bills this month. [Unclear caption at source; exact wording requires source-level review.] Well I got a pre eviction. So I’m trying to see if I can get help. With paying the rent but.

[01:49–01:56] Oh no we were just outside for five years. So that's why I’m telling. Take the money cause we. We know how it is. You ve been outside too. Oh yeah.

[01:56–02:04] We were sleeping in the car for fine years. You're kidding. Yeah no joke. Yeah when 0 met him. That's where we were sleeping in the car. Then I told her come stay with me.

[02:05–02:12] Didn't even know me or nothing either yeah. Bless your soul. Why? Win'o you do that for. Cause she needed help. Curtis.

[02:12–02:26] Hmm. I have money. Oh okay. This is for you Curtis. Oh for real my man? Are you crying?

[02:26–02:32] Oh man. Are you crying? Come on man. Are you crying man? Yeah man. Why dude?

[02:32–02:40] That's a blessing bro. I'mma help her out. You gonna give her. I'mma give to her. To help her out. Yeah.

[02:41–02:47] Nuh uh that's for you. It's for you no. No that's for you boo. Nuh uh Curtis. Yeah. Oh that's rent money.

[02:47–02:53] That's for you. That's the rent money. I need that. What were you gonna do? Hustle up man. Come stay with me I guess.

[02:56–02:58] God bless you man. For sure Josh.

Content note: This video discusses a potentially sensitive personal or community circumstance. The transcript preserves the reviewed public wording and uncertainty markers.

Canonical source transcript: JVL-V-000032.txt Public state: ELIGIBLE_AFTER_CLEANUP_EDITORIAL_AND_PRIVACY_REVIEW Speaker treatment: Neutral, unlabeled dialogue. Names appear only when spoken or otherwise verified; no speaker identity was invented. Editorial note: Punctuation, capitalization, caption/OCR artifacts, repeated caption holds, paragraphing, and accidental private-contact exposure were reviewed. Spoken substance is preserved.

[00:00–00:11] Hey excuse me. O ran out of gas down the. Honestly I don't even have any gas money. I just used my $10 dollar gift card. Here. I feel bad taking it.

[00:11–00:17] You sure? If it was me I would hope. Somebody would do the. I promise you're good. What's your name? I’m Dani.

[00:17–00:25] I’m Josh nice to meet you. Nice to meet you too. You got a gift card for. Yeah I had a ten dollar gift card. A cas card actually that somebody gave me. You struggling too?

[00:25–00:33] Heck yeah. ¿os mohi. Shoot, financially. Why'd you help me out though? If you're struggling I feel. If I can help I can help.

[00:33–00:40] So I did butc. I gotta get out of here. Yeah well. Can I be honest with you? What's up? Come here quick I got something.

[00:44–00:54] It's $200 dollars. For me? Are you serious right now? What? Are you sure? I’m sure.

[00:54–01:05] Thank you. You didn't have it yourself. I didn't have a dollar to my name. Before I just came here. I wish that somebody would do the same thing. If I was really out here struggling and needed the.

[01:05–01:16] Like honestly. It could have literally just been me. If I didn't get that $10 dollar gift card. When I told you no it was just really heavy on my? Like this could be me. You have a place?

[01:16–01:26] Yeah um. We just got a place just this year. Um other than that. I just spent the last three years homeless. You were homeless? I was living out here on these streets yeah.

[01:26–01:37] Literally outside yeah. I know exactly what it's like to struggle and to. I really lost myself. After my baby brother and my nephew were murdered. There was like. No hope in the world like 0.

[01:37–01:48] O hated my life I hated myself. And. I diont think. That my life would ever be the way that it is now. But by the grace of god I found teen challenge. And I went there and I did their program.

[01:48–01:58] And I’m sober now. You showing this act of kindness. Just gave me a sign that. There's still good people out here in the world. And thank you so much. You deserve it.