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Heidi thought it was bowling. It was Carole's walker

Strangers now send letters, and a fundraiser has passed $90,000 for her neighbour Carole.

HUMAN STORY: Heidi thought it was bowling. It was Carole's walker. Strangers now send letters, and a fundraiser has passed $90,000 for her neighbour Carole.
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Night after night, Heidi Widmer heard thuds from upstairs that sounded like bowling. It was her neighbour Carole's walker.

Carole is British, in her late 80s and living with Parkinson's. Heidi, a teacher who'd moved to Los Angeles after a divorce, only met her a few weeks in, when Carole dropped her recycling outside Heidi's door.

Now they call each other "granddaughter" and "grandmother".

Have you ever properly met a neighbour because of a noise?

Full story: Upworthy

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