Man Who Found Boston Marathon Bomber Gets New Boat

[cherlapalli_jailer]

[img]http://a.abcnews.com/images/US/ht_abc_henneberry_kb_131002_16x9t_608.jpg[/img]

[cherlapalli_jailer]

[color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
When a Massachusetts man's beloved boat was riddled with bullets after he found the Boston bombing suspect hiding in it, the public wanted to reward him.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
People also opened their hearts and wallets for a homeless man who returned a backpack with $40,000 in it and for a bus monitor who was videotaped enduring vicious taunts from students.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Fundraising websites like GoFundMe and Crowdtilt have created an outlet for people moved, outraged, saddened and inspired by stories in the news to make a difference financially.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Here's a look at five of these recent efforts and where the money recipients are now.[/font][/color]

[cherlapalli_jailer]

[color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
[b]David Henneberry On His New Boat: 'The Bad Guy Didn't Win'[/b] [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
David Henneberry's[url="http://abcnews.go.com/US/watertown-hero-david-henneberry-points-police-bomb-suspect/story?id=19004124"] bullet-riddled boat[/url] was the centerpiece of the climactic end to the hunt for the Boston bomber.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Now, more than five months later, Henneberry recently got a new boat, thanks to donations from generous strangers across the country.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"We just recently, two weeks ago, got a used boat," Henneberry told ABCNews.com. "We did accept [the $50,000 raised] and we did also request that anything over that went to the One Fund. It just seemed right to do."[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
The One Fund is the organization created to help victims of the Boston Marathon bombing.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
He called the 24-foot boat a "fixer-upper" with the same "sparse" amenities as his previous boat.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"You just want to ramble on you feel so grateful," Henneberry said. "After such a bad thing happened to us and the people of Boston, it was wonderful to see that. It was humbling. It restores your faith in people. They don't know me."[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
The new boat is named Beth Said Yes for Henneberry's wife, Beth. The previous boat's name was Slip Away.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"That's fitting, isn't it?" Henneberry said with a laugh. "We decided we're just going to let Slip Away slip away. It was actually taken by the FBI, but that's another thing."[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Henneberry was hailed a hero when he discovered suspected Boston bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev hiding in his beloved boat in his Watertown, Mass., backyard. He quickly called the cops and in a final standoff on the night of April 19, his boat was riddled with bullet holes.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Within days, online campaigns to buy him a new boat began popping up. Campaigns on Facebook and Crowdtilt combined forces in a fundraising effort called, "Let's Fix David Henneberry's Boat (That Got Ruined in the Boston Bomber's Standoff)!"[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Henneberry's boat was reportedly a 22-foot Seahawk cruiser with a fiberglass hull, which retails for around $50,000. The effort raised $50,597.50 by April 30, when it closed.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
He said that in the week's following the backyard capture, about 150 postcards, letters and packages poured in with well-wishes and thanks every day.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"One that really touched us was a package we got during this from Pound Middle School in Lincoln, Nebraska," Henneberry said. "I think every kid in the school wrote a letter. It's awesome. Nobody has looked at this without a tear in their eye."[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"If there's one thing that sums up buying the boat and everything is, the bad guy didn't win," he said. "That's the way we're looking at it. He didn't take our passion."[/font][/color]

[cherlapalli_jailer]

[color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
[b]Donations for Honest Homeless Man Top $147K[/b] [/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Fundraising for a Boston homeless man named Glen James quickly took off when he was[url="http://abcnews.go.com/US/donations-honest-homeless-man-tops-100k/story?id=20307038"] heralded as an honest guy[/url] after handing in a backpack he found that contained over $40,000 in cash and travelers checks in September 2013.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
A GoFundMe.com campaign raised more than $147,300 in two weeks and is still going with a goal of $250,000.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Many people have contacted Ethan Whittington, the man who organized the fundraiser, about James and expressed interest in doing this for him including donating computers to James, providing him dental care and helping him find a job.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Whittington told ABCNews.com that he planning on traveling to Boston this week to give James the money that has been raised.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Whittington has been in "complete shock" about the amount of money that has been raised.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"It's completely changing my life," he said. "It gets you thinking. Imagine the possibilities if we continue to do this as a nation. It's so inspiring to see the way that everyone is coming together."[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
Whittington said James is "ecstatic." He suggested to James the possibility of someone to help him with handling the money when he gets it.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"I want to be very careful about how we go about doing it," Whittington said. "It's a lot of money. If someone came up to me and handed me a hundred grand I wouldn't know what the hell to do with it."[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
The money has been raised by nearly 6,000 strangers. Donations and messages have poured in from all over the U.S. as well as countries as far as Brazil, France and Australia.[/font][/color][color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
"I want this to come out to be a positive influence for his life, not for it to be completely out of control and then we have some horror story a couple of months from now," he said.[/font][/color]

[cherlapalli_jailer]

[color=#333333][font=proxima-nova,]
[b]David Henneberry On His New Boat: 'The Bad Guy Didn't Win'[/b] [/font][/color]David Henneberry's

[tom brady]

Gp

[Maximus]

[img]http://i39.tinypic.com/dztguw.gif[/img]

[Josh]

GP