India, Dec. 27 -- A simple online post turned into a powerful moment of kindness after a stranger on Reddit helped a 19-year-old from Lucknow afford his asthma inhaler, drawing praise and warmth from users across the platform.

The teen vented online about recent hardships, including being jobless at 19 and father being scammed out of life savings.

Adding to the struggle, the teen wrote, "to top it all off, I have asthma and live in India with 400 AQI ", mentioning that running low on asthma medicine had left the teen genuinely worried.

With no job and financial pressure at home, buying an inhaler had become difficult for the teenager.

Soon after, a stranger on Reddit contacted the teen and offered help to buy an asthma inhaler.

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