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Showing Original Post only (View all)Obama left a moving comment on a 'Humans of New York' photo from Iran [View all]
A recent photograph of an Iranian father and his young son posted to the popular "Humans of New York" Facebook page caught the attention of US President Barack Obama.
And on Thursday, Obama who is presiding over the biggest thaw in US-Iranian relations in decades left a comment on the post, saying it "really resonated" with him.
In the original post, the Iranian father wrote about how he knew he was "raising a humanitarian" when he realized his then-5-year-old son had given away 2 pounds of fresh apricots on their walk home.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-comment-on-humans-of-new-york-photo-2015-9#ixzz3kk0pnrqV
And on Thursday, Obama who is presiding over the biggest thaw in US-Iranian relations in decades left a comment on the post, saying it "really resonated" with him.
In the original post, the Iranian father wrote about how he knew he was "raising a humanitarian" when he realized his then-5-year-old son had given away 2 pounds of fresh apricots on their walk home.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/obama-comment-on-humans-of-new-york-photo-2015-9#ixzz3kk0pnrqV
Todays his tenth birthday. Hes a very emotional young man. He likes to solve other peoples problems. One time when he was five years old, he came with me to the store and we bought two pounds of fresh apricots. I let him carry the bag home. He walked a little bit behind me the entire way. After awhile, I asked him to hand me an apricot. I cant, he said. Ive given them all away. I knew then that I was raising a humanitarian.
What an inspirational story. One of the most fulfilling things that can happen to you as a parent is to see the values youve worked to instill in your kids start to manifest themselves in their actions and this one really resonated with me. I hope this young man never loses his desire to help others. And Im going to continue doing whatever I can to make this world a place where he and every young person like him can live up to their full potential. (And if I ever get to meet him, I hope hell save me an apricot!)
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Obama left a moving comment on a 'Humans of New York' photo from Iran [View all]
NYC Liberal
Sep 2015
OP
He would have expected the kid to SELL them and handed his father wholesale + 2%.
Spitfire of ATJ
Sep 2015
#13
We do have a great President & it is miraculous how much work he continues through EO.
Sunlei
Sep 2015
#22