A Toronto nurse who rushed to the aid of a man in a wheelchair after he was struck by a car last week was “rewarded” for her kindness by having her purse stolen.

Rainne Carragher was walking in the Fort York Boulevard and Dan Leckie Way area on Friday night, on her way to work the night shift at the hospital, when she heard the crash.

Carragher told CityNews an in exclusive interview that she literally dropped everything and ran to help the man while calling 911. She said she then waited by the injured man’s side until paramedics arrived.

“About 20 minutes later I realized that I hadn’t taken my bag with me. In the shock of everything I just had dropped it,” she explained.

When Carragher returned to where she had dropped her purse, it was no where to be found.

“I was in shock initially from what I’d seen,” she explained. “Then to add to that, once I found out that the bag was gone.. I honestly didn’t really know what to do with myself at that time.”

Carragher said her purse contained her wallet, a stethoscope and a brand new Macbook laptop with years of school work and thousands of personal photos. She went to a nearby Tim Hortons to ask if anyone had seen anything but no one had. She then contacted police and reported the purse stolen.

The next day Carragher said she received a phone call from a man who said he had found some of her belongings.

“The next evening I got a phone call from a gentleman that apparently found my wallet and my keys and my clipboard with some school work on it across from the Tim Hortons, scattered in a plant,” she explained.

But her Macbook and other belongings have yet to be returned to her.

Carragher made a post on Facebook that has been shared dozens of times, in the hopes that someone will have any information on the theft or the whereabouts of her belongings.

“I just felt that it maybe was the last thing I could do, if anyone had seen anything perhaps something could be found,” she said.

The stolen purse hasn’t diminished Carragher’s faith in people or the neighbourhood. She said the amount of folks who ran to help the victim that night showed her there are still great people.

She just hopes someone will come forward if they saw anything suspicious that night.