(Photo: Facebook)
When a nine-year-old boy found himself separated from his group while
running a 5k, he turned to the marine beside him and asked, “Sir, will
you please run with me?’ A heart-warming photograph captured what
happened next, when 19-year-old Lance Corporal Myles Kerr dropped back
in the race in order to cross the finish line with the boy, reports the Daily Mail.
The young boy, Boden Fuchs, finished the race at 34.53 minutes. Kerr
finished five seconds behind him, long after his fellow marines had
completed the run.
The photograph has gone viral on Facebook, accumulating over 200,000 likes and 45,000 shares.
(Photo: Twitter)
A follower asked him if the boy was happy as he cross the line.
According to Kerr’s Twitter response, the boy “still has a big smile on
his face today.”
Kerr also posted on his Twitter account that “The parents of the
little boy I ran with gave me $100 gift card to Grey Gables Restaurant
#godbless.”
Daily Caller reached out to Kerr, who agreed to do an interview.
Unfortunately, Kerr’s Twitter account was deleted hours later, and he
did not respond to further requests for comment.
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