TikToker Becca Moore Was Saved the Day by a Local Uber Driver after the Coachella Robbery

Becca Moore and Raul Torres the Uber driver

TikTok star raises $200K for the Uber driver who helped her after theft at Coachella

You today, me tomorrow

A popular TikTok influencer who was robbed at Coachella is giving back to the man who came to her rescue. Becca Moore used her following of 850,000 on the social media app to thank him in a special way. But sometime during a private party, someone went through her bag.

I went to check my phone and I didn’t have it, and you know what else I don’t have? My car keys or my credit cards — so I’m stranded, Moore said. Moore made it back to her hotel where they called an Uber for her the next morning.

Luckily, the staff at the hotel were kind enough to pay for an Uber trip to a nearby Sprint store, where she could pick up a phone to tide her over. Little did they all know that this event would spark a fast friendship.

Moore’s Uber driver was soon made aware of her situation. Instead of just dropping her off at her destination and wishing her luck, the driver — Raul Torres — took Moore to a local police station, where she filed a report regarding the theft.

He ended his Uber shift early, taking Moore to Starbucks while her mom used the Find My Friends feature to track the missing iPhone. The unlikely duo made their way to a vacated Airbnb, where the thief had left Moore’s phone and credit cards.

Moore believes Torres was her guardian angel that day.

Yes, I think it’s crazy, Moore said. It was so comforting having him there because it felt like I knew him already. During their time together, Torres revealed that his father was suffering from terminal cancer, without much time left to live. His daughter, a senior in high school, is also undergoing chemotherapy.

While flying home to Nashville, Moore put a plan into action and launched a GoFundMe for her new friend to help raise money to offset medical bills. It hit $1,000 in one hour and $100,000 in 24 hours which is actually insane, Moore said.

TikTok star raises $200K for Uber driver who helped her after theft at Coachella l ABC7

After a few weeks went by, Becca flew back to California to spend time with Torres and got to meet his family. Moore said they had the best day ever, and the family said she’s stuck with them for life.

Moore’s GoFundMe for the Torres family has raised more than $215,000. After the medical bills, Torres told Moore his dream has always been to open a taco shop.

Thank God, he treated me like a daughter that day, too, Moore said of her newfound bond with Torres and his family. ‘You today, me tomorrow.’

Moore’s story has since been picked up by major news outlets as word gets around of the amazing way, she was able to return the favor – and how she struck up a lifetime friendship, in the process.

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