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What this boy did with $20 he found might make you cry
Mar 3, 2014, 11:12 AM | Updated: 1:02 pm
When he first found $20 on the ground, 8-year-old Myles Eckert tells CBS he thought he might buy a video game, but then he saw a soldier walk by.
Eckert then wrapped the $20 in a note for the soldier. The note read:
“Dear Soldier,
My dad was a soldier. He’s in heaven now. I found this $20 in the parking lot when we got here. We like to pay it forward in my family. It’s your lucky day! Thank you for your service. Myles Eckert, a gold star kid.”
Lt. Col. Frank Dailey, the recipient of the $20 and the note, tells CBS: “It’s incredible being recognized in such a manner.”
“That is a kid who has suffered a great loss, has to grow up without his dad,” says Dori Monson, “and still has a heart like that. The mom must be doing an incredible, incredible job with this kid.”
Listen to Dori’s pay-it-forward story with his kids:
