Heartwarming video: Strangers in Argentina come together as a community to help lost boy find his dad



A boy and his dad who had gotten separated in a public square in Argentina were shortly thereafter reunited, thanks to the community spirit of the local crowd.

According to local reports, a young boy named Juan Cruz somehow lost his father in a crowd at Plaza Dorrego in Buenos Aires, Argentina, some time last month. Based on a video which has since gone viral, Juan was distraught that he couldn't find his father.

He needn't have worried. Dozens of people nearby worked together to find his father and reunite him with his son. A very tall unidentified man wearing a Paris Saint-Germain football club t-shirt with Lionel Messi's name on the back swept the boy up and placed him on his shoulders so that Juan would have a better view of the crowd — and to put Juan in a better position to be seen by his father.

Then others seated at tables nearby began chanting the name of Juan's father: Eduardo. Even a local band chimed in and began repeating the name into the microphone. The musicians then had some fun and turned the situation into an impromptu song. "Eduardo, come pick up Juan Cruz," they sang in Spanish as the crowd clapped along.


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The singing and clapping worked. While the tall man was still dancing around the square with Juan on his shoulders, the camera pans to a man in the fringes of the crowd hustling towards the commotion. The man, obviously Juan's father Eduardo, then scoops his son into his arms as the crowd continued to sing, clap, and cheer.

Millions of people have watched the video since the Good News Movement shared it on Instagram on August 23. It was posted with the caption "HUMANITY: These kindhearted Argentines come together to chant the father’s name Eduardo to help the boy find his dad who he lost in the crowd."

It is unclear when exactly the incident occurred.

According to Sara Barnes of My Modern Met, this method for locating loved ones lost in a crowd is fairly common practice in South America.

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Utah woman reunites with biological son, discovers that he works at the same hospital she does



Holly Shearer waited twenty years to reconnect with the boy she gave up for adoption shortly after she gave birth to him, and when she did, she discovered that he had been her coworker for years.

Back in 2001, Holly Shearer was 15 years old and pregnant. When she was about five months along, she decided to put her baby, whom she had named Benjamin, up for adoption.

"He deserved a mother and a father, a home with a playset in the backyard that he can play on, a dog, all of those things I couldn't give him," Shearer said.

Holly ultimately selected Brian and Angela Hulleburg, who had struggled with infertility, to be Benjamin's adoptive parents.

"When I handed Benjamin to them, it was the hardest decision I've ever had to make," Holly said.

For the first three years of Benjamin's life, Holly and Angela kept in regular contact. Angela sent Holly letters about Benjamin's life and shared pictures of him as he continued to grow.

But after three years, communication between the two women stopped for reasons unknown. The Hulleburgs had always been open with Benjamin about his history and told him what little information about Holly they knew. It wasn't much. The adoption was closed, so they didn't even know her last name.

When Benjamin turned 18, he decided to look for Holly on his own.

"I kind of grew up wanting to meet my birth mom," Benjamin said. "To talk to her and, more than anything, thank her because I knew that I had been given a really good life, full of opportunity."

“I had never had somebody that I can say, like, ‘Oh, that’s where I got my eyes from. That’s where I got my nose.’ … I never had that physical biological connection to say … ‘This is who I am and this is where it came from,'" he added. “So for me, it was a lot less about trying to find a family or, like, trying to find a long-lost family member. But it was more about trying to find where I came from.”

Despite his best efforts, Benjamin had no luck finding Holly. But on his 20th birthday, she found him and sent him a message on Facebook.

"You don't know me, which is weird to have a stranger message you," she wrote. "Twenty years ago, I made the hardest decision of my life and placed my beautiful little baby up for adoption with a beautiful family. I have no intention of flipping your life upside down. I have thought about you every day and finally had the courage to send you a message. Wishing you a happy birthday."

Two days later, Holly reunited with Benjamin and discovered that Benjamin volunteers at St. Mark's Hospital, where she works.

“We’ve probably passed each other because my shift starts at 4:30. Hers ends around 4:30. So we probably passed each other and had no idea,” Benjamin said.

Now, Holly and Benjamin are becoming better acquainted and developing a relationship that Benjamin hopes will continue to grow.

"Thank you for your selfless decision 20 years ago, today, to set me in the arms of my parents. I will always be grateful for it," Benjamin wrote on Facebook. "Now, as I look to the future, I can't wait to build a relationship with you and my biological family and have you be an active part of my life."