Produced by the I-Lab at W-B-R, Boston.

Welcome to Kind World.

I'm Yasminammer.

And I'm Andrea Aswahue.

How far are you willing to go to help a complete stranger?

We have a very action-packed episode of Kind World for you this week.

Our first story comes from our friends at Endless Thread, a podcast from W-B-U-R and Reddit that

delves into some of the internet's best stories.

Co-host Amary Severtson tells us about the 300-mile journey

one man took to help someone he's never even met.

Then, stay tuned after the break for a story about a heart stopping rescue and trust us

you don't want to miss this one but first here's Amory. Susan is a 30-something-year-old American woman who was spending a couple weeks

vacationing by herself in Japan as she was packing her bags trying to stuff in all the little

knickknacks she got, she started getting a little stressed and then that

slight anxiety turned into a full on freak out.

I was trying to organize myself and I slowly began to realize that my passport was not in my bag,

so I was trying to not panic immediately, but eventually I went through everything and it just

wasn't there so I really I panicked I was like holy crap what do I do?

Susan frantically called the U.S. Embassy, but they told her she'd have to wait until

Monday to get help, as in the day she was supposed to be back at work at a New York nonprofit.

So she called the last place she stayed, a hotel in Kyoto 300 miles away.

They immediately said, yes, we just found the passport. So I mean, I was slightly relieved, but the

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