A mum has praised a group of young lads after they left her son 'speechless' with an act of kindness.
Emma Brignano's son, Zane, is a big fan of YouTuber KSI and had been hoping to get his hands on his popular PRIME energy drink. Along with fellow YouTube star Logan Paul, the influencers launched the beverage in the UK last summer.
For months, Emma had been trying treat Zane to a bottle of PRIME. But as many parents know, they are notoriously difficult to get hold of - with some people stocking up and reselling the drinks at inflated prices. However a chance encounter at the side of the road made Zane's day.
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On Saturday (January 14), Emma was driving Zane from his friend's house in Urmston to Salford after watching the Manchester derby match. It was then that he spotted four boys walking down the road, 'waving around' bottles of PRIME.
Excited, Zane asked his mum to pull over so they could find out where they'd got the high-demand drinks from. Emma, who lives in Peel Green, Eccles, reckoned they had got them from the local Asda store, but pulled over to ask anyway.
She told the Manchester Evening News: "I asked where they'd got [the PRIME] from and they said it was from Spar at the garage at the Trafford Centre - but they've got none left now. I said that Zane was really hoping to get some.
"They'd all got a bottle in their hand each and they'd got this massive bag and it was clearly full of PRIME. They put their hand in it and pulled one out and I was like - 'oh my god, have you lot cleared the shop out?' They were laughing and I said: 'Are you sure?' because it's hard to find - and expensive."
She added: "They'd obviously used their own money for it. They certainly weren't asked, they just put their hand in the bag and said: 'He can have one.' They're just so nice."
Emma thought the act was 'so kind' while Zane was left 'speechless' by the boys' gesture. He told the Manchester Evening News it had 'made his day,' as Emma added: "Especially because he's a City fan and they'd just lost the match."
Zane, who was given a lemon and lime flavoured PRIME by the boys, said: "I think they obviously felt bad for me because we couldn't get any. I couldn't speak! I told my mum that it made my day.
"I watch KSI and Sidemen a lot on YouTube. I saw when they first made the drink and I really wanted to get it. Then when it was in England, I kept mithering my mum to see if we could try and get it."
Emma posted about the good-natured encounter to an Eccles Facebook community group. She said: "I wanted the parents to know. There are so many posts about kids doing awful things, I thought: 'Their parents need to know how lovely they are.'
Jade Standring was 'super proud' when she found out her son, Harrison, and his friends were behind the selfless act. She said that Harrison had 'struggled' to get PRIME before and this was actually the first time he had managed to bag some.
Jade, from Irlam, explained: "I've taken him to the shops and driven him about to get some since they came out - and failed. And for him to finally get some for the first time - and to do that - is so nice.
"He and his friends recognised that it's hard to get hold of. What a lovely gesture from them all. I thought, that's so lovely for a group of young boys to do. I was so proud of them all."
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