She said she got out of her car to talk to him. “And just basically look at him and tell him, ‘I see you and that you are loved and please don’t do this,’” Hogue said.

“I told him, ‘I see you and that you are loved. Please don’t do this,’” Hogue said. In a moment when Bonifas felt so alone, he suddenly became surrounded by people who wanted to help.

DJ Valdez lost his sister, Sara, to an accidental overdose in 2017. Three years later, to help honor her memory, he started standing on Colfax with this sign.