Thomas Weller would have died in a snow bank in 1964 had a stranger not helped him. Weller, 65, has been helping strangers in the same way ever since.

“I’ve been called the Lone Ranger. And I’ve been called an angel more times than I can count,” he says. “But, I’m no angel! When you help somebody else, you help yourself. And, it’s … real gratifying.”

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