Meet Ayman Arafa, a 17-year-old college student from Dallas, Texas.
Ayman told BuzzFeed that last week he was on his way to meet someone he met through an app called Offer Up to buy an iPhone 7 Plus when he was beaten up and robbed.
A friend of mine was using the app "offerup" to buy a new phone but they jumped him and stole his phone AND car Pl… https://t.co/CzYSduRR9W
Ayman said, "I came by two guys for help and they ended up taking my phone." After he'd been assaulted, a second group of people offered to help; but they were acquaintances of the first set of robbers and tricked their way into his car, assaulting him for a second time and stealing it.
He said he felt "extremely scared," but fortunately the police and an ambulance eventually came to his aid.
He said he's still recovering from some of the injuries and that the incident has been reported to the police as an attempted murder.
However, the day after the incident, Ayman's friends surprised him with an iPhone, a wallet with $400, and a car.
Today, our friend ayman got robbed/beat up, they took everything he had including his car, wallet, and his phone. T… https://t.co/4P66zZ0hwY
His friend, Waleed Mahdawi, 18, told BuzzFeed News that they bought him everything out of brotherhood and generosity: "My group of friends and I decided we should reimburse him with everything that he had stolen from him."
Waleed said that a dozen of his friends – mostly college students – chipped in to surprise Arafa.
He added, "We want to make a difference in our community and we want to send out a message that love truly beats hate."
Ayman said, "I'm truly blessed for having my friends visit me the next day, but I wasn't expecting for them to bring me everything that I lost."
A lot of people online have made digs at their friends using the video.
But Waleed said it isn't something to joke about.
And others really loved the gesture.
However, Waleed is accepting friendship applications.
Taking friend applications dm me for more info🤤
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