This incident was part of a larger story on homelessness, published in the CT Post in May.
Mark Yurkiw thought it deserved to be seen by “06880” readers who might have missed it there. It sure does. The Post‘s Alex Putterman wrote:
One night in early January, Gabriela [identified only by her middle name] was at Norwalk Hospital receiving treatment for a broken jaw, accompanied by her son. A stranger heard her tell a nurse she couldn’t afford a ride home and approached with an offer to help. Her name was Courtney Davis.
Courtney Davis
Davis inhabits the opposite end of Connecticut’s divide as Gabriela. She lives in Westport with her husband — a real estate developer she met years ago when she worked as a personal assistant to Jared Kushner — and their two kids.
On Instagram, she shares her mostly glamorous life with more than 22,000 followers. One recent post showed her blasting 2Pac from her Mercedes.
Davis and her husband often eat out around the corner from a Westport homeless shelter, and she says she sometimes feels strange sipping an expensive cocktail so close to people who can’t afford basic essentials.
“I’m surrounded by millionaires, and right next door this is happening, where people can’t even buy any food for their family?” she said. “It’s crazy.”
And so after meeting Gabriela at the hospital and hearing her story, Davis offered to pay for an Uber to take her home, and the women exchanged contact information. Shortly after, Davis took Gabriela and her son to Target, where she bought them coats, pajamas, snacks and toys. She posted about the encounter on Instagram and started a GoFundMe for her new friend.
Months later, they still talk regularly and consider each other friends.
“That little act of kindness, it meant so much to me,” said Gabriela, who says she hopes to repay Davis one day.
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