A disabled pensioner who was mugged outside his home has met the campaigner who raised more than £250,000 to support him.
Alan Barnes, 67, said it felt "magic" to meet beautician Katie Cutler, who set up an online fundraising page after reading about the attack.
The 21-year-old's campaign went viral and has raised more than 500 times its original £500 target in just three days.
Mr Barnes said: "I didn't expect anything - it's hard to figure out what to think really."
Ms Cutler said: "It's like a dream."
Mr Barnes, who has disabilities from birth after his mother contracted German measles when she was pregnant, broke his collarbone when he was pushed over by his attacker.
People were moved to help after hearing that Mr Barnes - who is 4ft 6ins tall and weighs less than six stone - was too afraid to return to his home in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear.
Following reports of the attack, which police described as "disgraceful", Ms Cutler set up the Help Alan Barnes online donation page on the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe.
She wrote: "I was so upset that anyone could target a disabled pensioner and be so cruel.
"We can't take away what has happened but with a little donation we can make the future a prettier one and help towards the cost of his new home. Thank you all."
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