Good Deed Offsets Bad One for Boy With Down Syndrome

It was a bad thing that happened to Billy. But, thanks to a kind stranger, he's got wheels again.

Two years ago, Billy Crowley, a 14-year-old Massachusetts boy with Down syndrome, received a tricycle from a local support group. But when Billy left the bike in his driveway this October, someone ran off with it.

For Billy's mother, Kathy, it marked yet another setback in a string of bad luck. Recently, her wallet was stolen, her car broke down, and she came down with pneumonia.

Fortunately, as she lay in a hospital, her streak ended. An anonymous donor -- who had read about the theft in the local paper -- dropped off a new tricycle, which was very similar to the old one.

"I'm so thankful," Billy's mom said of the donor. "He brought back my belief in people."