He quickly saw he was not alone, as numerous people joined him ... who also participated in the 24-hour bench sit-down. "It was my idea to start the sit-on-the-bench dialogue," Thomas said.

In 2015, a woman in Santa Barbara noticed a dog sitting alone on a park bench. After taking a closer look, she realised the dog had been abandoned, and she knew she had to help. White House ...

For some reason, many of us tend to feel empathetic when we see a person sitting alone on a bench. It's a demeaning and quite selfish thing to judge someone without knowing who they are ...

The Upstate is under a cold weather advisory. From 3 p.m. on Wednesday, January 22, to 3 p.m. on Thursday, January 23, Duerk will sit on a bench outside the Greenville Rescue Mission for 24 hours.