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FRESNO, CA – A California man recovering from a drug addiction returns a sack full of cash that fell off an armored truck. The good Samaritan happens to be in need of money, too.

Making his wife proud is the only reward Joe Cornell says he ever needs in life. Cornell says he’s thankful to the Brinks company for giving him a $5,000 debit card for returning a deposit bag filled with more than $120,000 in cash. The company says the bag of money fell off of a brinks armored truck Wednesday afternoon. Cornell says when he found the cash, his first concern was for others who could be hit with a loss.

For the past four months, Joe has been living here at the Salvation Army adult rehabilitation center. He’s getting help with an addiction to meth. He’s going to be graduating in July and he says he’s kicked the habit, but what he needs now is a job.

Since this story first aired, people have started donating money to Cornell. Members of the Fresno County Deputy Sheriff’s Association even dropped off barbecue for him.