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胡立歐•迪亞茲上個月在紐約地鐵被搶匪拿刀抵著搶走皮夾，但沒多久他與搶匪卻同赴地鐵站附近餐廳用餐，吃飯錢還是迪亞茲埋單。 美國國家公共廣播電台報導，31歲的迪亞茲是一位家住布朗克斯的社工，他搭六號地鐵回家時，經常提早一站下車，到一家小吃店吃飯。上個月他剛踏出地鐵車廂上樓時，被一位青少年拿刀抵著要他把皮夾交出來。 搶匪準備轉身離去時，迪亞茲對他說：「喂，等一下，你忘記一件事，如果你整晚都還要去搶錢，你可以穿我的夾克禦寒。」 搶匪臉上露出不可置信的表情，問迪亞茲：「你想要幹嘛？」迪亞茲回答說，「如果你願意冒著失去自由的風險，就為了這幾塊錢，我想你一定非常需要錢。我本來要去吃飯，如果你想跟我一起吃飯，歡迎之至。」 迪亞茲表示，當時他只想到，也許這年輕人真的需要幫助。他們兩人進了餐廳，老闆、侍者、洗碗工看到迪亞茲都親切的打招呼。搶匪目睹此景以為迪亞茲是老闆，但迪亞茲回說，他只是常客而已。 這位年輕搶匪問：「你甚至對洗碗工都這麼客氣？」迪亞茲說，「難道沒人教你應該對任何人都客客氣氣嗎？」搶匪說：「有啊，但是我不知道真有人這樣做。」 吃飯的時候，迪亞茲問年輕人他有什麼計畫，一臉沮喪的搶匪沒回答。 結帳的時候，迪亞茲對搶匪說，「我的錢包在你身上，所以，我想你應該付錢，因為我沒錢。但要是你把錢包還我，我很高興請你吃這一頓」。年輕人的反應是「要我請客？想都別想」，說著就把錢包還給迪亞茲。 結帳後迪亞茲給了年輕人20美元，但要他用刀交換，年輕人也照做了。 迪亞茲回家告訴母親這件事，他母親說，「你這小孩，別人如果問你現在幾點了，你就會把表送給他。」 ※更多新聞請看udn共享書籤》被搶的，還請搶他的人  A Victim Treats His Mugger Right Listen Now [3 min 12 sec]

Morning Edition, March 28, 2008 · Julio Diaz has a daily routine. Every night, the 31-year-old social worker ends his hour-long subway commute to the Bronx one stop early, just so he can eat at his favorite diner.

But one night last month, as Diaz stepped off the No. 6 train and onto a nearly empty platform, his evening took an unexpected turn.

He was walking toward the stairs when a teenage boy approached and pulled out a knife.

"He wants my money, so I just gave him my wallet and told him, 'Here you go,'" Diaz says.

As the teen began to walk away, Diaz told him, "Hey, wait a minute. You forgot something. If you're going to be robbing people for the rest of the night, you might as well take my coat to keep you warm."

The would-be robber looked at his would-be victim, "like what's going on here?" Diaz says. "He asked me, 'Why are you doing this?'"

Diaz replied: "If you're willing to risk your freedom for a few dollars, then I guess you must really need the money. I mean, all I wanted to do was get dinner and if you really want to join me ... hey, you're more than welcome.

"You know, I just felt maybe he really needs help," Diaz says.

Diaz says he and the teen went into the diner and sat in a booth.

"The manager comes by, the dishwashers come by, the waiters come by to say hi," Diaz says. "The kid was like, 'You know everybody here. Do you own this place?'"

"No, I just eat here a lot," Diaz says he told the teen. "He says, 'But you're even nice to the dishwasher.'"

Diaz replied, "Well, haven't you been taught you should be nice to everybody?"

"Yea, but I didn't think people actually behaved that way," the teen said.

Diaz asked him what he wanted out of life. "He just had almost a sad face," Diaz says.

The teen couldn't answer Diaz — or he didn't want to.

When the bill arrived, Diaz told the teen, "Look, I guess you're going to have to pay for this bill 'cause you have my money and I can't pay for this. So if you give me my wallet back, I'll gladly treat you."

The teen "didn't even think about it" and returned the wallet, Diaz says. "I gave him $20 ... I figure maybe it'll help him. I don't know."

Diaz says he asked for something in return — the teen's knife — "and he gave it to me."

Afterward, when Diaz told his mother what happened, she said, "You're the type of kid that if someone asked you for the time, you gave them your watch."

"I figure, you know, if you treat people right, you can only hope that they treat you right. It's as simple as it gets in this complicated world."

Produced for Morning Edition by Michael Garofalo.

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