After a blizzard left him stranded near Buffalo, New York, Jay Whitley led a group of 23 strangers into warmth and safety inside a local school. Whitley left a note apologizing for the break-in, but the school’s superintendent called him a hero for his actions.
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God Bless You you are a life saver 🙏🏽❤️
Bet his woman would still cheat on him tho 🤣
Good Job Jay!
his life was never in danger. Therefore, he is not a hero.
@I. No And here you go again
@take the biscuit A: Don’t make assumptions, B: Don’t make generalizations, C: It’s not a belief that he saved people, that is a fact, it’s not a belief that his life was in danger, it was, others had died out there, and he still went out. If that is not being a hero, I don’t know what is.
@I. No Please go away. That is not an assumption you need to go away and find something constructive to do. hero worship ain’t getting it.
@take the biscuit I’m replying to the comment you have since deleted.
@I. No I feel this person is either a troll or extremely slow. There is no use lol
Blessings to him and his parents for raising him right ❤
Wait so him breaking and entering is ok depending on the circumstance?! How about planning ahead and not driving in whiteout conditions?
Obviously most people besides you value human life more than a glass window and a few frozen pizzas.
“An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
Would you rather all those people died?
Yes it’s totally depending on the circumstance. If I break a glass window that costs some paper to save over 20 human lives, who are all valuable, have a family, kids, parents, and more then that’s totally okay. But if I break a window to steal from that store or school, that’s wrong.
He went out to save his friend that was stuck. He knew he would be the only one to help. That friend was rescued by authorities but he had no way of knowing that would be the case while he was on his way.
“Turned away from one door after another…”
So Buffalo also has some demons along with this one angel. Those households should be put on blast.
People like Jay make me proud to live in Cheektowaga, New York. ❤
How anyone could turn someone away in a life or death situation is beyond me… but it seemed it all worked out for the better, saving more lives in the long run.
Well done Jay and the unnamed “Army”.
I can’t imagine turning anyone always
I’m more like, “Get your butt inside. It’s freezing out there.”
Thank you, Jay, for saving lives and restoring others’ faith in humanity!!
Great story, then you go and ruin it with these stupid out-tro feeds. Play the story, then end the video.
It’s pretty pathetic that this man had to save all those people while Creepy Joe hasn’t done anything yet. People are dying, and what has Joe done?
It reminds me of when he was VP, and he, along with Obozo and Horse-face Hillary, watched a live feed of the US Embassy in Benghazi, Libya getting attacked by terrorists. The terrorists forced their way into the embassy, killed the US ambassador Chris Stevens, and were engaged in a firefight with US embassy security personnel for SEVERAL HOURS. They could have scrambled air support. They could have tried to evacuate them. Instead, they sat there and watched as Americans were completely overrun and killed with no support…
It’s pathetic…
The white guy is saving people while the black folk are stealing tv’s.
Knowing the ny cops. They’ll arrest him and charge him to the fullest
The Hands and Feet of Christ✝️. How many people turned away the man & message of Jesus to help one another. He will be blessed tenfold by the kindness that he shared once he was able to provide shelter for the countless others who needed just one person to show kindness. The school district should give you a medal for being the best a human can and should be! I haven’t lost my faith in humanity yet!!!!!
Surprised he wasn’t arrested in that Liberal city. Breaking the law for being out on closed roads…
NBC…thank you for this piece. Please continue to look for the good in humanity. It’s refreshing and inspires hope and doesn’t fuel hate. Again, I thank you.
The matrix will put him in jail for this crime
I hope so.
He is him
They way society is this day and age. I’m shocked that he wasnt canceled and arrested and thrown in jail.
He was not arrested because he is white.
If he had been a black man, the cops would have arrested AND murdered him.
@J. GHOUL way to make it racial. Seemingly unwarranted to take it there… But I do agree to that hypothetical. Sticking to reality, what else would you like to contribute to THE VIDEO?
Hope this young man is blessed with good health , family, work! There is good left in the world let’s not wait for someone else to do it.
Now you get a felony breaking and entering!
And theft! (The food)
No prosecutor wants to try this man. If they did, no jury would convict. He 100% did the right thing. Shame on the people who wouldn’t let him into their homes to save his life.
Hope he don’t get a fine from school
Jay has renewed my faith in humanity.
“There’s still a lot of good in this world & I hope people can see that.” People have seen it. In you. May God bless you.
**** I saw another interview where this same man Jay aka hero said he went to 5 different houses asking if he could come in & use the rest room and get warm plus offered them 500$ to do so all 5 homeowners turned him down. ***** Huge miracle 🙌🙏👏 he was able to help so many people because they turned him down. After they turned him away there was one lady who also had run out of gas close by and she got in his truck & they took turns sleeping the first night and the next morning he/they made it to the school.
GOD IS ALWAYS AMAZING
Amen!
A WHITE male HELPING Black people instead of murdering them.
I still don’t believe it…there’s a mistake somewhere.
Now that’s a SUPERHERO!!!
God bless
Why such dumb questions lol
he missed a few i think
How do people get stuck outside in a blizzard? Don’t they know it is coming? Don’t they check the weather?
Heroic…..though I think I would take my chances with the blizzard rather than eat a school dinner
Indeed. There’s good ppl out there. Lets all be brave and help someone if you can. Even a simple smile or a hello to a stranger will do. ☺️
Remember his quote “there is still a lot of good left in the world” because this is the complete opposite of what major news corporations like NBC want you to believe. Great job Jay.
Just remember he said he tried 10 houses and was turned down for help. So those folks that died in the elements may have experienced the same thing. Not everyone is willing to help. Most of us would have opened our homes but not everyone as evidenced by his story.
Wows Desperate conditions calls for desperate measures. God bless him and the others he helped.
No just a little kindness
Breaking & entering but for good
Society hates men until they need one
Hero / angel
He is a true hero. God bless him. ❤
and because those houses have iced over, they will never be the same for heating a family, not to sleep in during the night. focus less on how grand its foundations need to be, but im sure you know best as to how it would be rebuilt. May be well to build for its shell, of a home, and make it a home. Just not a brick firetrap, like the others. I also think everyone should have their own yard, private, and their own, however small it would be. Something like that might be better decided by your city. I mean its cold, but its a lot nicer.
You never know when in life your calling comes; just be ready to answer it. Kudos to this guy! Good guys do Live❤️
Amazing guy.
“None of you will have faith until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
Of course the ladies from the view would say oh he broke into the school that was illegal.
God sent her an angel?why didn’t God send an angel for the rest of the people who died in that snow storm, what makes her so special?
They should make a movie about this. But not on Netflix or Disney. This is a Hallmark Christmas movie miracle. And have jay behind the camera so we can see and hear exactly what happened.
I hate movies that make up what they think happened. In fact they should have all of the survivors in the movie.
Wow. Someone had common sense or half a brain. What a surprise.
Hero this heroes klick inside concern after life have done no problem.
White man thing! Thank god
I’m not crying your crying 😂 So very inspiring and touching this is what this life is about
Oh please
What a superhuman. I’m in Connecticut – I wasn’t affected by this storm. But just watching this story- I am so touched . I’m so grateful for this man’s will and bravery.
Heroic, put the highest level of merit around that man’s neck. I would’ve let them all sleep on my floor. How fuct are New yorkers!? Jeeeez… Happy New Year all.
The interesting thing about life is there are so many people some with a good heart and some with evil heart. This guy is certainly an angel and the Moscow Idaho guy who killed 4 human beings is evil. Unfortunately, that is how the world is now.
This is the type of men parents strive to.raise. Thank you so much. May ur family and urself be blessed
Outstanding human examples ❤
Thank you for stepping up and saving these folks. ♡
Proud to live in the same community as this young man, a real unselfish hero!
I hope one of the Chevrolet dealership owners give him a new truck just like they did in Texas with the kid that got his chevy truck flipped over by a tornado whoever this hero is thank you so much brother
With an extra fuel tank in the bed and a generator
that because he’s not a republican he has a good heart
These are the kind of stories I want to hear more of on the news! So many good people in our world. I’m so sick of the focus on corruption. Thank you, Jay, for your loving kindness!
Me too 2 🪙
❤
Day later: Charged with Break and Enter.
What he did should be more classified as a good deed, not heroism. “Hero” is a term too broadly used now in this un heroic society. Nothing much here.
Why doesn’t the city have those large vehicles that ski lodges have that can travel through deep snow ect….. Jay so glad you helped those people
Be nice if the nurse survived but she didn’t.
Such a good man!
THIS…needs to be turned, into a movie.
It would only have to be 2:13 .
Okay, but when homeless people break into buildings or steal food to survive, it’s criminal? But when this white dude did it during the storm, he’s a hero? America, get your values straight.
There has been so many stories of people helping people that it gives me hope for humanity
So many people willing to help …but others who were willing to let him die and freeze. Cowards
Now that’s a champion excelsior. 📡👽🇺🇸 RUN!!!
Up Next , Man who forced his way into school arrested for breaking and entering.
Anyone know who he is???
The video description and the anchor in this clip call him Jay Whitley, but dozens of other reports say his name is Jay Withey, of Kenmore, NY.
Who were these awful humans who would not let him into their home during this terrible storm?? Probably Christians…..
You, sir, are the good in the world you speak of!
Invite Buffalo snow storm victims to the white house in Washington,DC.
Anybody can break into a school and fill it with people let’s see you do that to your own home just start loading up your front room
Shame on people turning them away. How do they sleep at night? Whats wrong with the world?
I love that he left a note <3
Why isn’t he labeled a looter? He broke into a school and stole food. Yet the minorities who do the same at grocery stores are labeled looters? Oh yea, muriKKKa. 😒 🤔
“That’s the name of the game.”
Holy Shiz! Sounds like Jake barely gave it a second thought. What a hero
Without even knowing why we are born and live, we live by experiencing good and bad things. And just as he didn’t know the beginning, he dies without knowing the end. This may be the first and last time in a world where human life doesn’t know what it is. Therefore, one person’s life is important and respected. the problems facing humankind that transcend the individual must be resolved as a matter of first priority. How much more than others do you have to have, how much stronger do you have to be, and how much do you have to develop? Humans are infinitely small existences in relation to nature. I would like to see a world where people care for each other, help each other, and live the life they want.
What an awesome story by a loving and caring Man of God! Blessings to you and your family! Continue in the Faith my brother. You’re an outstanding example for others to follow.
To all that do good in this world may you be blessed a million times 🙂
I’ve read about this man in our Newspaper. He is one in a Million and he really is a hero. Glad that he was able to safe so many people.
So Murica We are amazing pffff
These could have been 20 people that NEEDED to come together. For reasons we won’t know for decades. That kid could grow up and change his world with memories of what a stranger did in the name of Kindness.
His parents should be proud. They raised a wonderful lad!
ABSOLUTE SHAME AND DISGUST AND MORTIFICATION UPON THOSE DECREPIT LAME BUNCHES OF NOTHING NOBODYS WHO WERE SO COWARDICE AND SELF CENTERED THAT THEY REFUSED TO HELP THOSE IN NEED DURING A TERRIBLE STORM. THEY HAD BETTER NOT HAVE BEEN IMMIGRANTS! WHAT NASTY HUMANS. THEIR NAMES SHOULD BE POSTED PUBLIC AND THEY SHOULD BE PUT TO SHAME
Nice to see! Did no one else think of getting into a building, though? “…just trying not to die.” He’s still got some sense of humor in him, too.
God Bless him!! His parents must be so proud of him! What an amazing man! This is the America I know!!! ❤🇺🇸🙏
This is happen every day in saudi Arabia people hep people its part of our culture and behavior toward each other
Even if some one in jail because of debt we have a plate form we donate for them
To those who turned them away…. If it wasn’t for you cowards… Many more would have died. Those people that turned him away were willing to let them die…. But turned out saving more lives to those people who turned him away I hope one day you were in need of help and people turn you away. Bunch of cowards
Real life Gordon Freeman
*JAY WITHEY* YOU ARE AN ANGEL. THANK YOU!!
central asia southeast asia africa and the middle east we have to help evyerone.
I Love this!!!!