Man in crisis calls gay bookstore, and manager and patrons answer [View all]
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While working at the bookstore one night, he said he received a call from a man who said he might be gay and was considering self-harm.
We were not a crisis center! But as long as were talking, hes safe, right? @TweetChizone continued in a tweet that has received more than 30,000 likes as of Wednesday afternoon.
The man said he kept the caller on the phone by answering his questions, even though there were several customers in his store. @TweetChizone said that a few minutes later, this angel of a woman puts her hand on my shoulder and asks for the phone. 'My turn,' she says.
"And SHE, this 50-something lesbian talks to this stranger on the phone. And a LINE FORMS BEHIND HER. Every customer in that store knows that call, knows that feeling, and every person takes a turn talking to that man, he continued. That story comforts me so much to this day.
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