Construction Worker Walks 300 Miles To Help Single Mom He's Never Met Before
The symptoms always seem sudden. They hit a person out of nowhere, and suddenly everything changes.
This is the experience those who are diagnosed with multiple sclerosis describe. Blurred vision, symptoms mirroring the flu, extreme pressure in the head.
And this is exactly what happened on April 7, 2015, to now-29-year-old Nichole Snyder. She was driving to work on a seemingly normal day when her life changed forever.
“My vision got really blurry. I felt tingly. Flu-like,” she shared in a Facebook live video. “Called off work, went home, laid on the sofa and I slept…”
After undergoing a series of tests and seeing multiple specialists, Snyder was faced with shaking heads and no answers.
By the time she was actually diagnosed with MS, she was progressing rapidly, moving from physical therapy, to a walker, to a wheelchair.
Her story is heartbreaking. Especially since Snyder is a single mother with a 7-year-old son to care for.
“The pain. I can’t even tell you about the pain,” she says through tears. “…I can’t do anything.”
But her cries did not go unnoticed. The video she posted reached the right man at the right time. Enter 29-year-old Brian Sebok.
Sebok is a construction worker in New Jersey. He saw Snyder’s cry for help. Rather than pass the bill to someone else, Sebok decided to take matters into his own hands.
“She was really upset. I thought, ‘I could be a nice guy here,'” he shared in an interview. “I could walk 300 miles and help raise this money.”
And that’s exactly what Sebok did. From the GoFundMe campaign he started to making the 300-mile trek from New Jersey to Boston, this man has made it his mission to raise money for Snyder so she can make her home accessible and keep custody of her son.
“I feel like walking 300 miles for a good cause,” he said in his first Facebook video for the Nichole Snyder campaign.
Since the first post on his page, Weebok Was Here, Sebok has recorded several more videos documenting his journey.
He’s also surpassed the original $5,000 goal he set for Snyder, which has now changed to a $10,000 goal. He’s asking that good Samaritans continue to give to her cause.
“It’s just an act of kindness,” he said in an interview. But he’s not stopping with Snyder and her son, Carter, either.
Once Sebok reaches his destination, he plans to help yet another MS victim in Boston. The woman hopes to endure the construction worker’s final mile by his side.
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