Man accidentally leaves $13,000 in pocket of coat given to charity

Charity workers are searching a warehouse of donated clothes in Iowa after an elderly man said he accidentally left $13,000 (€9,644) in a suit that he gave away.

Man accidentally leaves $13,000 in pocket of coat given to charity

Charity workers are searching a warehouse of donated clothes in Iowa after an elderly man said he accidentally left $13,000 (€9,644) in a suit that he gave away.

The man in his 80s said he did not know exactly when he donated the suit but the money was his life's savings and was being used for medical expenses from his wife's battle with cancer.

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