A heartwarming story has become a reminder of how nice Canadians can be and has inspired people to from strangers.

Anshoo Kamal was among the thousands of fans who packed the streets of Toronto on June 17 to welcome the Toronto Raptors home after winning the NBA championship against the Golden State Warriors four days before.

Amidst all the pandemonium on parade day, which included thousands of commuters stranded in the downtown core and a shooting that left four people hurt, Kamal dropped her identification and credit card.

But she didn鈥檛 realize she鈥檇 lost them during the parade and felt the chance of getting her belongings back could鈥檝e been fairly slim. Her sister-in-law Sarbjit Kaur took to Twitter to share how a Good Samaritan helped change those odds.

In a , which has since gone viral, Kaur wrote 鈥淲ow. My sister-in-law found this note in her mail with her I.D. and credit card. NICE.鈥� The note read:

鈥淒ear Anshoo, My name is Oksana. I found your ID and credit card at Nathan Phillips Square during the parade. I hope you are OK and were not hurt during the shooting. Hope you had a had a great time. Go Raptors Go! All the best.鈥�

During a telephone interview with CTVNews.ca, Kamal said it was 鈥渞eally touching鈥� to have received the note and called it a 鈥渘ice human touch.鈥�

In separate interview, Kamal鈥檚 sister-in-law told CTVNews.ca over the phone that she posted the story online 鈥渂ecause I just thought the note was so sweet that Oksana attached.鈥�

Kaur鈥檚 tweet has garnered more than 13,200 likes and 1,700 retweets by Friday and has since inspired people to share their own stories of small acts of kindness.

 

STRANGERS FLOODED TWITTER WITH THEIR OWN STORIES

Kazim Habib that he thought he lost his backpack when it was torn away during the day鈥檚 shooting and subsequent stampede.

鈥�(But) people right after that took lost backpacks and brought them near the washrooms so they wouldn't have to wade back into the craziness,鈥� he wrote. After the shooting, other stories of kindness emerged, including a crowd of people forming a semi-circle around a young child.

One person that his wife had recently accidentally driven away from a gas station and left a wallet behind. But he wrote that a man 鈥減ersonally delivered it to our door and refused a reward. Cash and cards were all there!鈥�

In reaction to Kaur鈥檚 tweet, another person that 鈥渢his is Canada for me.鈥� They wrote 鈥淚 lost my precious wedding ring a year ago, while hiking in Banff National Park, and 2 days later found it in the lost & found, someone had returned it!!!!鈥�

With another NBA championship in mind, Zak Lalonde Kamal鈥檚 story was just another reason why the soon-to-be free agent Kawhi Leonard should sign with the Raptors again.

Kamal said 鈥渢his was a really nice way to see that people look out for each other.鈥� As for Kaur, she said she鈥檚 been overwhelmed by people鈥檚 reaction to her tweet.

鈥淚t was really cute to see people sharing their own stories,鈥� Kaur said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 just nice that people from across Canada and some Americans who were sharing their own stories.鈥�

 

鈥楾HIS HAPPENS MORE OFTEN THAN WE THINK鈥�

Kaur encouraged everyone to keep sharing more stories of kindness from strangers because 鈥渋t seems that this happens more often than we think and sometimes we don鈥檛 feel like we live in a society where people will go out of their way.鈥�

As for Kamal, she said she鈥檚 not surprised that her belongings were returned because that鈥檚 what she would鈥檝e done. And she鈥檚 definitely not alone.

A recent study showed that people in Canada were more likely to return a wallet if there was money in it.

Toronto Police Const. Caroline de Kloet said it was 鈥渨onderful鈥� to hear Kamal鈥檚 story. 鈥淟uckily, that individual did get their identification back because it鈥檚 always a process to re-apply for everything,鈥� she said during a phone call with CTVNews.ca.

Although social media has made it easier for strangers to connect and return things, Kloet reminded people that the Toronto police website is available for people to file reports of missing or found items too.