(Dec. 11) -- Ben Aucoin was on hard times earlier this week when he asked a man in a Walmart parking lot in Harahan, La., for some change.
The father of four, 23, had lost his job as a steelworker three weeks ago. Two weeks ago his car broke down. And the electricity at his home was due to be shut off, WWLTV reports.
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New Orleans Saints player Anthony Hargrove gave a down-on-his-luck man $300.
The man rebuffed the request, but his friend -- New Orleans Saints defensive lineman Anthony Hargrove -- gave Aucoin three $100 bills.
“You have no idea,” said Kandis Aucoin, Ben’s wife, told WWLTV. “It was like a gift from God. It’s amazing how bad we needed this. It’s Christmas time. I can’t ever describe the feeling. Even my husband was in tears.”
Hargrove, 26, knows what it's like to be in dire straits. As a child, he and his family were homeless for a time, and he has had a troubled football career, losing a college scholarship and being suspended after testing positive for a banned substance.
“I’m a believer of Christ and Christ says what you do unto least you do unto him,” Hargrove said. “Somebody has helped me get to where I’m at. ... I saw an opportunity to help get somebody something.”
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