A homeless man in Connecticut received $17,000 in donations after a video clip about his life journey went viral. The rough sleeper, Mike, 46, was overcome by emotion when he was handed the money by a video-content creator, Phillip Vu, 24. The unlikely friends first met when the downtrodden Mike offered to clean Phillip’s car windows in New Haven on Jan. 31. Phillip, who is currently on a road trip creating videos for his online channels, invited Mike into his car for a chat and the pair struck up a friendly bond. Phillip recorded their car chats to share his “Daily Vlogs” on his social media channel, and overnight the videos went viral, racking up nearly 2.5 million views. Soon strangers reached out to Phillip to ask if they could donate money to help Mike. The donation requests from social media users prompted Phillip to set up a GoFundMe on Feb. 2. Within two days, …