{"id":328113,"date":"2026-08-24T03:48:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328113\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T03:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T03:48:08","slug":"good-samaritan-helps-bronx-mother-after-seeing-story-on-devastating-fire-hes-been-a-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/328113\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Samaritan helps Bronx mother after seeing story on devastating fire: “He’s been a blessing”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two months ago, we introduced you<\/a> to a mother of three who had lost nearly everything after a fire forced her family from their Bronx apartment.<\/p>\n

A complete stranger saw her story and decided he had to help.<\/p>\n

CBS News New York’s Naveen Dhaliwal first met Nina Chambers back on June 28. Her apartment was in shambles after a fire in a neighboring building on East 160th Street in Melrose.<\/p>\n

“I saw everything that me and my children own gone. We lost everything,” she said at the time.<\/p>\n

The 36-year-old was struggling, living in a hotel with her three children. She had an overdraft on her TD Bank account as she was buying food for her kids.<\/p>\n

Over on Long Island, Scott Evans was watching her story.<\/p>\n

“This was something, one of the things that I could do something about,” he said.<\/p>\n

Evans said he went to TD Bank, but they would not allow him to put money directly into Chambers’ account. So he emailed Dhaliwal, who connected him to Chambers.<\/p>\n

Now, this stranger, who Chambers has never met, has provided her with $3,000 to help feed her children and get them ready for school.<\/p>\n

“He didn’t ask me for anything except, how can I help you?” Chambers said.<\/p>\n

Eight weeks after the fire, Chambers’ apartment is still in disarray, but her spirit has been uplifted by Evans.<\/p>\n

“It’s priceless. You don’t meet people that do those type of things for nothing. It’s rare,” Chambers said.<\/p>\n

Chambers has since secured a new apartment. She has also graduated from school with a degree in human services.<\/p>\n

She says with Evans in her life, she realizes the greatest gift can’t be measured in dollars.<\/p>\n

“Scott is an angel,” Chambers said. “Scott is one of those people, you don’t know he’s there until he shows you what he can do.”<\/p>\n

Evans grew emotional when Dhaliwal told him what Chambers had said.<\/p>\n

“I’m blessed that I can do it. We have no mortgage. We have no car payments,” he said.<\/p>\n

Chambers hopes to meet him in person, saying he’s had an everlasting impact at her greatest time in need.<\/p>\n

“He’s been a blessing ever since,” she said. “I just want to get on my feet so I can pay it forward.”<\/p>\n

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