Good guy tattoo artist Jeff Jones of Ink'd Gunz Tattoo in Red Deer recently went viral when a video of him giving a Red Deer man a brand new electric wheelchair to keep him from having to move backwards through the city.

Jones said that he first met Mark in downtown Red Deer during one of his walks to work. He noticed Mark was pushing himself backwards in a wheelchair, and intrigued, began to chat with him.

“I walk to work all the time, and I’d see him around, and I’d talk to him, bring him coffee, that sorta thing, and I started paying attention to his stories, and I realized that he’s had strokes and accidents and has sort of been kicked to the curb. I developed a liking for him," Jones said.

He explained that due to one of Mark's strokes, the man was unable to push himself in a wheelchair, as he would only move in circles, so Mark had resorted to pushing himself around the City backwards using his feet.

"I didn't have the money or anything, but I really wanted to find him an electric wheelchair. I went home and talked to my roommate, and said, "We've got to get this guy something," and a week and a half later, we found a good, cheap one and got some people to help sponsor it and now he's all good. He doesn't have to go in reverse anymore," Jones said explained.

A friend of Jones had taken a video when he presented Mark with the new chair, which quickly gained traction, and now has more than 35, 000 views. Jones gave a special shout out to two of his friends, Jamie St. Michael and Lisa Begin, who helped him find the chair to present to Mark.

"Last night, he made it across town in no time, and it used to take him like an hour to move a block or so. He said his feet were hurting from pushing himself around, but he’s doing good, he’s happy. He couldn’t believe somebody would just do that out of the blue," Jones said.

"I didn’t tell him I was doing it, because I didn’t want to get his hopes up or anything, so I just kept it quiet until I found one. I brought the chair down to the shop and said, “hey I’ve got a gift for you” and dropped it on him, and that’s where the video came in."

Jones said Mark has been loving his new chair, and loves when people honk or wave at him as he rides through the downtown core.

He said that he hopes people will realize that they don't need money to help someone out, and they might be inspired to do something kind for someone else after seeing the video or hearing about the story.