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Online Campaign Raises $350,000 For Elderly, Disabled Mugging Victim

"Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?"

Donations have flooded in from around the world for an elderly man with disabilities who was violently mugged last weekend in northern England.

Alan Barnes, 67, broke his collarbone when he was pushed to the ground and robbed outside his home in Gateshead, England, on 25 January, the BBC reported.

He is now staying with his sister because he is too afraid to return home.

Local beautician Katie Cutler started a GoFundMe campaign to raise £500 ($750) to help Barnes move house.

But the campaign has since gone viral, with people raising more than £230,000 ($350,000).

Cutler told the BBC she was "overwhelmed" by the success of her campaign, with donations received from around the world.

"Not just people in the North East, but we've had people donating from Canada, Holland, down south, the USA, New Zealand," she said.

"This person that hurt Alan is just a minority."

Barnes said he has been touched by people's generosity, describing it as "just unbelievable".

"I've heard of fundraising for charities but I've only got a fractured collarbone, I didn't expect that sort of response," he said.

"Thank you doesn't really seem to answer it, does it?"

People on Twitter said the story "renewed their faith in society".

Sometimes when I read a story my faith in society is renewed. Reading about the generosity towards Alan Barnes is one and it warms the heart

Read this and restore yr faith in human nature. Alan Barnes: Disabled mugging victim fund reaches £100k in two days http://t.co/Xm0PRHrJkS

The generosity of people is just so humbling when one sees something like the Alan Barnes story http://t.co/BmtaOfaaUk