def sanitize_text(text: str) -> str:
    """Sanitizes and removes all useless characters from the text, returns sanitized text string"""
    alphanum_text = ""
    for letter in list(text):
        if letter.isalnum() or letter == " " or letter in "!?.,:;\'\"&()$%#@~":
            alphanum_text += letter

    return alphanum_text