A proud mum said she's been blown away by the "generosity of the comments" after her son's selfless gesture was captured on a Ring doorbell camera.
Nathan Hornby was out trick-or-treating with his friend Daniel on Monday, October 31, when he came across a bowl of empty sweets outside a house in Page Moss. Nathan, 13, was captured on Jodie Laithy's Ring doorbell camera picking up the bowl and saying "somebody has taken them [the sweets]" before putting it back down.
Nathan, from Knotty Ash, can then be seen immediately opening up his plastic New Look bag full of sweets and putting some of his own into the empty bowl, with his friend quickly doing the same. The boys then turn to the Ring doorbell camera and wave before saying "happy Halloween".
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Jodie Laithy, who lives at the address, shared the video on Facebook in hope of the boys' parents seeing the video and knowing "how amazing their children are". Jodie told the ECHO : "These kids' actions were so cute. I hope their parents see it and are proud of them. We left a bowl of sweets out for the kids while we were out, and because it was empty they put some of their own sweets in it. I didn’t expect that from two young lads, amazing they are. And their little wave and 'happy Halloween' was the cutest thing ever."
Nathan's mum Natasha Holloway, 33, spoke with the ECHO last week about the "overwhelming pride" after seeing her son's actions in the viral video. Natasha, from Knotty Ash, said she had no idea of her son's kind gesture until her friends tagged her in the story on Facebook.
Natasha said: "I left for work [on Tuesday] morning and everything was normal. By the time I got to work, which is a 20 minute drive, I don't know how many different comments, tags and messages I had - it blew up my phone."
As she watched the footage for the first time, Natasha said: "I cried. The overwhelming pride that I've got that I've raised a son that would do that off his own back. He was just out with his friends around the L14 area and then this has happened.
"There's a lot of bad press so when a nice story comes out it makes a massive difference - and to know it's my son that did that makes me feel good."
Speaking again to the ECHO last night, Natasha added: "I just wanted to say how incredibly proud I am of Nathan and the generosity of the comments [on the video] have been unbelievable. My phone has not stopped and it's still going now.
"He's a good lad and it's nice other people are seeing it. I don't think Nathan knows the scope of it just yet. But slowly but surely we're getting through the comments. I will get back to everyone at some point to like them and comment back where we can."
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