Teen stops car to shovel snow for man with walker

CBS News ^ | 2/19/15

[Kartographer]

A Virginia high school senior who spends snow days clearing snow and ice from neighborhood driveways and sidewalks saw something out of his mother's car window that compelled him to tell her to stop the car, CBS Richmond affiliate WTVR-TV reports.

Teresa Adams and her son Tommy were driving home from the DMV when they drove past an older man who was trying to shovel snow from his driveway. The man was using a walker to get around.

[Kartographer]

"The thing is, you cannot judge a race. Any man who judges by the group is a pea-wit. You take men one at a time."
Sergeant 'Buster' Kilrain - 'Gettysburg' (1993)

[bolobaby]

Thanks for posting this.

[skinkinthegrass]

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[Veggie Todd]

Did he have a license to shovel snow?

[Kartographer]

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Somehow doing it to post to youtube takes something out of it.

[CPONav]

Wonderful.
We need more news like this. There are good people in this screwed up world. People who just do what needs to be done, not wanting or expecting anything for doing it.

[Kartographer]

Some how its never enough for some FReepers. There’s always an ‘if’ no matter what the good work is. Some FReepers remind me of that lady in New Orleans during Katrina and someone gave her a bottle of water and she complained that it wasn’t cold.

[Gay State Conservative]

Didn't click on the link so I assume from your comment that the kid in question was a minority.It's surely true that anyone who judges any group,positively or negatively,wholesale is stupid beyond words.

Regardless of the race of the kid I say to him "well done,indeed!"

[doc1019]

AMEN!

[righttackle44]

God bless the young man.

[cyn]

If you’re talking about the young man, then you did not read the article.

There was no video to “post to youtube”, only a photo that his stunned but proud mother took. He himself neither expected nor asked for any recognition or payoff.

You missed a good story.

[bramps]

If the kid or his mother posted it, of course you’re correct.

[FR_addict]

He set an example. I think it was good to post it.

[right way right]

Amazing.
Whoa, next we might see a black kid skiing or playing hockey.

[Flick Lives]

“I try to do good for the elderly because one day I may need help too,” Tommy said.

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A kid wise beyond his years.

[JimRed]

Somehow doing it to post to youtube takes something out of it.

Depends on the motive. I'd prefer to think that it was posted to set an example, maybe to motivate others to do the same.

[Oatka]

My dad told me “Never hate in the plural”.

Smart man.

[momtothree]

A wonderful, young man and thank you for posting this, Kartographer! I can see why his Mom said she was very proud of him and it made her cry. Simple acts of kindness get me weepy, too. She raised a good, kind, and caring young man.