SWFL woman stuck in Europe due to COVID-19 precautions, good Samaritan reaches out

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Chloe Persing (Provided to WINK News)

How about this for a coronavirus travel nightmare?

A local woman is stuck in Europe with no good way to get home. She’s trapped in Luxembourg, an area not heavily hit by COVID-19, but her journey back could put her health in danger.

Chloe Persing is living a life of frustration. She wants to come home to Florida from Luxembourg – where she’s currently visiting her boyfriend – but she can’t right now. We tried to FaceTime her but had a hard time connecting so she spoke to WINK News’ Michelle Mackonochie over Twitter.

You can listen to her full story in the video player above.

A kind gesture

After this story aired Thursday, in a stunning display of humanity, one man reached out to us saying he wants to help cover Chloe’s travel costs.

“A few hundred bucks, I’m more than willing to help,” said Justin Capobianco. “It’s in times like this we all need to help each other.”

He’s a small business owner who is ready to go above and beyond to help someone he’s never met.

“We just can’t afford to be stingy and selfish,” he said. “We just gotta do what we can to help one another.”

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