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Las Vegas NVOct 10 2012 A $2,000 tip is huge for any Las Vegas cab driver, but then AdamWoldemarim, a 42-year-old Ethiopian cabbie, did someone a huge favor: He turnedin a lost laptop case stuffed with $221,000, the Las Vegas Review-Journalreports.
Woldemarim, who came to the U.S. seven years ago through agovernment visa lottery, found the cash-stuffed case in the back of his vanSept. 2.
After checking with an Ethiopian pal who had driven thevehicle earlier in the day, Woldemarim decided to take the cash to his cabcompany's security office.
An hour later, Woldemarim got a call to return to theoffice, where he got a hug from a grinning 30-year-old who said he won themoney at Wynn Las Vegas and had left the case in the cab after going to theairport.
He then gave Woldemarim $2,000.
While friends grumbled that a 10% tip ($20,000) would havebeen more appropriate, Woldemarim, who works 12 hours a day to take home $350 aweek, isn't complaining, the newspaper reports.
Alex "Baharu" Alebachew, 50, a friend ofWoldemarim, says a lot of people think foreign cabbies abuse tourists or justcause problems or don't belong in the country.
"They never see the good side to us, the honestside," Alebachew tells Journal-Review reporter Tom Ragan. "If you canjust print that, it would be nice."