# Street scavenger leaves $1 million for attack victims

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 28, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-scavenger-leaves-1-million-for-attack-victims/90155 "2001-10-28T21:08:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Chickenhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7cd45c/32.png) [@Chickenhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chickenhead)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2001, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/street-scavenger-leaves-1-million-for-attack-victims/90155/1 "2001-10-28T21:08:09Z")

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Wow.  
From CNN:

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> MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (AP) – Joe Temeczko appeared to be a pauper scavenging the streets. But when the 86-year-old Polish immigrant died earlier this month, he left behind an estate estimated at $1 million for New York City to honor those who died September 11.

con’t at site

[http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/28/rec.attacks.dying.gift.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/28/rec.attacks.dying.gift.ap/index.html)