"It was a natural reaction to help, to do what I can," Joey Resto said

New York Man Gives Shirt Off His Back to Shivering Homeless Subway Passenger: 'It Was a Natural Reaction to Help'

A benevolent New York man literally gave the “shirt off his back” to a freezing homeless man on the subway Friday night.

The kind act was caught on camera and has been viewed over 13 million times on Facebook.

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Joey Resto, a 23-year-old paralegal, says he observed that the shirtless passenger had skin abrasions and bumps on his head.

“It was a natural reaction to help, to do what I can. I hope they find this guy. It’s not hard to spot him,” Resto, a Bedford-Stuyvesant resident, told the New York Daily News.

“He didn’t really say yes, he just kind of lifted his arms like a child,” adds Resto, who took off his own shirt (and hat!) and helped dress the shivering man.

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The kind deed, captured on video by Lazaro Nolasco, is a reminder that a little kindness can go a long way.