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Ford_Prefect

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17. The original story in Washington Post cited below. MSN won't refer to it for the usual BS reasons along with no
Sat Jun 15, 2024, 05:40 PM
Jun 2024

citation of the original source.
I reallllllllllly do not like MSN aggregate pages for this reason. Too often they fail to refer to their own addressing code, along with obscuring the original sources.

It also obscured that this happened during February 2024, as opposed to more recently.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2024/02/20/bus-driver-pajama-day-farrish/

INSPIRED LIFE
A child didn’t have pajamas for pajama day. His bus driver bought him some.
‘I saw Levi sitting back there alone, away from his friends, and there was no question what I was going to do,’ bus driver Larry Farrish Jr. said
By Cathy Free February 20, 2024 at 8:05 a.m. EST

The moment that bus driver Larry Farrish Jr. pulled up to one of his morning stops in Louisville, he knew something was amiss with one of his elementary school passengers.

“He was sitting by himself with his hood over his head, and he never does that,” Farrish recalled of that morning, Feb. 9.

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“I asked him, ‘Hey, buddy, what’s wrong?’ and he told me he didn’t have any pajamas for pajama day,” Farrish said. “His school was having a special day where kids could wear their pajamas all day.”
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“I saw Levi sitting back there alone, away from his friends, and there was no question what I was going to do,” he said, adding, “I didn’t want him to miss out on pajama day.”

Good neighbor story continues from there......Someone standing up to do the right thing to make someone else's day better, the way you do when you see someone in need.

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Story w/pix made my day. oasis Jun 2024 #1
Mine too. n/t iluvtennis Jun 2024 #16
Well done, Mr. Larry! Goodheart Jun 2024 #2
Now I'm in tears. What a good man. yardwork Jun 2024 #3
Uplifting story! It doesn't take much to make a child's day. brer cat Jun 2024 #4
Some people have hearts of gold. sheshe2 Jun 2024 #22
We need Rebl2 Jun 2024 #5
We had a number of different school bus drivers when I was a kid Bayard Jun 2024 #12
Maybe this story could get on CBS' On the Road with Steve Hartman and shared so others would know Deuxcents Jun 2024 #6
Can't access the story. Link takes me to weird places. calimary Jun 2024 #7
Ever get it to work Mary ? KS Toronado Jun 2024 #13
Nope. calimary Jun 2024 #23
He bought him All Stars football pajamas. sheshe2 Jun 2024 #14
That's okay, THANKS! calimary Jun 2024 #24
It was posted on The Today show. 💙 sheshe2 Jun 2024 #33
See post 11! sheshe2 Jun 2024 #18
Kid didn't have pajamas for pajama day at school. Bus driver went to Family Dollsar and bought the kid pjs. iluvtennis Jun 2024 #20
I starting getting choked up even before I read the story... llmart Jun 2024 #8
I bet Mitch McConnell has pajamas. tavernier Jun 2024 #43
Nice story about a very nice man. I'm happy for him as he appears to have gone from one of the.... EarnestPutz Jun 2024 #9
Wonderful story PatSeg Jun 2024 #10
Levi is now a happy all star. KS Toronado Jun 2024 #11
Thanks. sheshe2 Jun 2024 #15
Awwwwwww! Somebody's looking pretty happy! calimary Jun 2024 #25
The original story in Washington Post cited below. MSN won't refer to it for the usual BS reasons along with no Ford_Prefect Jun 2024 #17
Thanks 🤗 sheshe2 Jun 2024 #19
msn is crap for exactly the reasons you state. Hermit-The-Prog Jun 2024 #35
Beautiful story. StarryNite Jun 2024 #21
Imagine getting up every day trying to make the world a tiny bit better. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #26
They're just not into that. calimary Jun 2024 #27
They think about what they can do for themselves. Irish_Dem Jun 2024 #28
Yep. calimary Jun 2024 #29
AW, Mr Larry is a hero wendyb-NC Jun 2024 #30
What a hero! SWBTATTReg Jun 2024 #31
Light up the darkness johnnyfins Jun 2024 #32
Beautiful story. Blessings to Mr. Farrish and Levi. LoisB Jun 2024 #34
Wonderful story Demovictory9 Jun 2024 #36
... littlemissmartypants Jun 2024 #37
As touching as this is, and it truly is, I wonder about his parent(s) being shamed and hope not. I don't know, Evolve Dammit Jun 2024 #38
A true hero. republianmushroom Jun 2024 #39
Formidable! Mme. Defarge Jun 2024 #40
This is a story that *deserves* to be viral. Buns_of_Fire Jun 2024 #41
Not all heros wear capes . . . SarcasticSatyr Jun 2024 #42
Real heroes don't need a cape Conjuay Jun 2024 #44
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