This 15-year-old boy and his younger sister deserve all the praise after noticing an elderly woman in need and offering to help.
Dontarius Caldwell was playing games on his phone with his younger sister Diamond while they waited for the school bus when his sister noticed a woman trying to press the button at a crosswalk.
His sister told her older brother that she thought the woman was blind and that he should help her. What he didn’t know was that his actions would be caught on camera and shared around the nation.
“I told Dontarius I think she’s blind, that you should get up and help her, and he got up and went to help her cross the street two times while I waited for the bus to come,” Diamond said.
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The freshman from Cincinnati, Ohio, approached the woman and asked if she needed help to which she replied “yes” and took his hand for help.
He then guided the elderly, blind lady across the street safely, while his sister continued to wait for the school bus.
The big-hearted teenagers didn’t think anything about their actions and told local media that they were just raised to do the right thing.
“I was just trying to help. I really didn’t think I would be on camera,” Dontarius told NBC’s WLWT5 News station.
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“I was just helping the elderly, giving a helping hand. The key word is helping hand. Everyone needs a helping hand,” he said.
The camera captured Dontarius helping the woman and the image was shared on social media. In just 24 hours, thousands of people saw it and praised the teen for his actions.
“If you be kind, what happens (to them) happens to you,” Dontarius said.
Dontarius was given a key to the school as a reward for his kindness.
It’s nice to know that in the world we live in kindness is still celebrated and rewarded.
