39-year-old Matthew says his guitar was the only valuable possession he had.
The viewer reached out to reporter Lucy Yang on Facebook, and offered to donate a guitar and some warm clothes to Matthew. However, when Lucy went back to the Midtown location where Matthew was, she could no longer find him.
Homeless man was beaten/his guitar stolen. A kind viewer wants to give him new one. Have u seen Matthew? #abc7ny pic.twitter.com/DzQFNgszas
— Lucy Yang (@LucyYang7) January 4, 2016
Matthew was eventually located, and when he heard the news he almost started crying.
We found Matthew & told him a kind viewer is giving him a new guitar. Matt almost started crying #abc7ny #homeless pic.twitter.com/JOn17FuVEo
— Lucy Yang (@LucyYang7) January 4, 2016
The Eyewitness News viewer will give Matthew his new guitar and warm clothes at some point this week.