RAPID CITY, S.D.—Jose Hernandez set off to work one evening in January, wobbling on a refurbished bike with a deflated tire, a bag with his valuables strapped across his back.
He was headed to Burger King, where he works as a cook for about $15 an hour, often on the 5 p.m.-to-midnight shift.
It is a five-minute drive from the homeless shelter where he lives.
But Hernandez, 45, doesn’t have a car.
So he bikes—on wheels given to him by Roberta Harmon , a street minister recognizable by her white heart-shaped glasses and fiery red hair who fixes up old bicycles for homeless people who need them to get to jobs.
Persons:
— Jose Hernandez, Hernandez, Roberta Harmon
Locations:
wobbling, Burger