The photo of an old man wandering around eating leftovers from a garbage truck makes everyone's heart ache.
Right next to a cart full of garbage on the sidewalk, an old man with a haggard appearance was quickly taking a bite of food he had just picked up from that same cart...
Not everyone is lucky enough to have a life like mine, maybe from now on, you should learn to think like that after seeing this photo! Next to a cart full of trash on the sidewalk, an old man with a miserable appearance in an old coat is hastily biting into a piece of food he just picked up from that cart... This heartbreaking image was just posted on social media not long ago, and is making netizens very emotional.
![]() |
This photo is making many people very emotional. |
This photo was taken by a young man named Le Nguyen Son Tung, from Hanoi. Sharing with us, Son Tung said that this photo was taken 6 years ago. At that time, Tung had just bought a camera, while sitting at a coffee shop next to his house, he suddenly saw the old man and quickly raised his camera to capture this moment.
Although it was taken a long time ago, many people who saw the photo felt very emotional and heartbroken. "Sometimes we are not satisfied with our current life, while in real life many people are still much more unfortunate than us" - a comment from Hoang Nghia. As for Nguyen Nguyen, "There must be photos like this to pull people out of the cheesy blue sky, white clouds, yellow sunshine, fragrant flowers, sweet fruit, pretty girls... to face the core of life, which is human fate".
![]() |
Another photo of an old man rummaging through the trash was taken by Son Tung. |
Although it was posted not long ago, this photo is currently attracting the attention of many netizens. Some people want to help the old man to live more comfortably. However, this photo is 6 years old, although many people commented that they have seen the old man wandering on the street, but no one has found more specific information.
According to Young Intellectuals