PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- A New Jersey woman who was helped by a homeless man when she ran out of gas in Philadelphia has raised more than $280,000 to help him.

Kate McClure, of Bordentown, started the Gofundme.com campaign earlier this month after she said her car ran out of gas on Interstate 95 and a homeless man named Johnny Bobbitt Jr. offered to walk a few blocks to buy her some with his last $20.

McClure says she didn't have money to pay him back but she returned to his spot several times in the following days to give him cash, clothes and food. She says she then started the fundraiser hoping to collect $10,000 to cover housing and other expenses for the 34-year-old.

McClure says she wishes she "could do more for this selfless man."

Donations had poured in from about 10,000 people by Thursday.

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