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Window washer’s savings more than doubled by returned money, donations
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MONEY that fluttered to the ground from a bag that a window washer dropped while working on a high rise — the savings of a migrant couple for their son’s tuition — was not only returned to her but more than doubled by donations from generous citizens after her plight was reported.
The migrant woman, surnamed Xiong, kept 6,000 yuan (US$982) in notes in a small cloth bag with her. While she was working on Wednesday, the hand-made purse slipped and the notes fell to the ground from the 8th floor.
Xiong, 44, a native of Chongqing in southwest China, works in Fuzhou in east China’s Fujian Province with her husband. She planned to pay for her son’s tuition with the money that the couple earned this year, so she carried it with her for safekeeping.
Xiong had recovered only 300 yuan by Wednesday night, while the rest of the notes were picked up by passers-by, state television broadcaster CCTV reported.
By yesterday, however, after the television report, Xiong had received a total of more than 15,000 yuan, including money returned by some of the passers-by and donations.
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