A homeless man who says he was beaten and robbed of his guitar received a new one Wednesday, thanks to the generosity of an Eyewitness News viewer.
Jessica Salles contacted us and said she has a guitar she would like to give the homeless man, named Matthew.
She handed him the instrument in our lobby, along with some new clothes, blankets, and a backpack.

"All the people that look down on me when I'm sitting there and don't care, and then somebody steps up like this, it completely restores humanity," he said.
39-year old Matthew, who has been living on the street for 2 years, 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