Maybe this seems a bit mundane, but this really impressed me. I was at the mall the other day to get...something...oh, my glasses. Anywhoo, there was a woman with 2 small kids, a girl ~4 and a boy ~2-3. The little girl was in front of her and the little boy just a step behind. She got ready to go down escalator and the little girl hopped right on, followed by the mom, but the little boy just stopped. The mom didn't really seem to notice until about 1/4 way down the escalator. She turned to say something to the little boy and realized he was still at the top and told him to come one. At this point, a man is approaching the top of the escalator and is waiting for the little boy to go on. The mom realizes the boy isn't gonna get on and starts back up the escalator. At this point the little boy seems like he's gonna sit down on the escalator and my Final Destination instinct breaks in and I can just see the little boy's arm get ripped off. Morbid, I know, but that's where my brain goes. I guess the man at the top of the escalator has the same instinct and snatched the little boy up, out of harm's way. The mom has made back to the top of the escalator, but loses her balance. While holding the child, the man reaches out and grabs her arm, keeping her from falling.
It was so refreshing to see. So often anymore, I feel like most people would have simply been irritated with the child and parent and could have ignored them or even made the situation worse. But this man helped a total stranger. And did I mention that it was a white man and black woman? Maybe that seems unimportant, but it can really be an issue sometimes, especially in East TN. This whole situation just really made my day. He's a true Southern gentleman.
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