'I want to be just like you someday': The touching moment a soldier buys a meal for two hungry little boys
- Lt. Col. Robert Risdon was returning to Columbus, Georgia, from Mobile, Alabama with his friend Jason Gibson when he spotted two hungry boys
- The boys, age 9 and 12, were selling baked goods but Risdon did not have any money on him so he offered to buy them dinner on his card
- 'It seemed like a very small gesture I could do for two kids that were trying to make some money in the rain on a school night,' said Risdon
A soldier in Alabama bought Taco Bell for two hungry kids on Tuesday prompting one of the children to say, 'you know, I want to be just like you some day.'
Lt. Col. Robert Risdon was returning to Columbus, Georgia, from Mobile, Alabama with his friend Jason Gibson when he spotted two boys, ages 9 and 12, selling baked goods on a rainy school night.
Risdon didn't have any cash on him but offered to but the boys’ dinner with his credit card after the boys said they were hungry when he asked them if they'd like a meal.
Scroll down for video
Lt. Col. Robert Risdon (pictured left and right in uniform), was returning to Columbus, Georgia, from Mobile, Alabama with his friend Jason Gibson when he spotted two boys, ages 9 and 12, selling baked goods
Kind act: Risdon didn't have any cash on him but offered to buy the boys’ dinner with his credit card after the boys said they were hungry when he asked them if they'd like a meal
'It seemed like a very small gesture I could do for two kids that were trying to make some money in the rain on a school night,' said Risdon.
'So, absolutely it was my duty to at least get them something to eat,' he added.
Since being posted to Facebook on Tuesday evening by Risdon's friend Jason Gibson, the video has already been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
'I was in a taco bell tonight when two kids came in trying to sell homemade desserts for money. I overheard a soldier ask the kids if they were hungry and told them to follow him to the counter, he would buy them dinner. I had to video it and share. Our troops are always taking care of us. Thank u LTC Robert Risdon please please share this....I heard the little one say I want to be just like u when I grow up and saluted him,' Gibson wrote along with the video.
Risdon told ABC that he is 'a little embarrassed by all the exposure,' adding that the brothers he paid for are 'two good kids and they’ve got good hearts.'
He said he told the boys to help someone out someday if they are in a position to do so. Risdon said what he did this week is what he 'was raised to do.'
Great example: The boys were grateful for the food and one of them even told Risdon that they wanted to be just like him some day
What he was raised to do: Risdon said that he is 'a little embarrassed by all the exposure,' adding that the brothers he paid for are 'two good kids and they’ve got good hearts'
- Shocking footage of masked men in Stockholm attacking...
- Shocking moment drunk man's arm is ripped off by a caged...
- Vicious brawl breaks out amongst straphangers on Bronx 2...
- Donald Trump: 'If we win in Iowa... we can run the table'
- NYPD arrests suspect for trying to lure Queens 10-year-old...
- FBI releases video showing shooting death of LaVoy Finicum
- Touching video shows a soldier buying a meal for two young...
- Meet Quasimodo, the affectionate dog with just half a spine
- Sweden to deport half of last year's asylum seekers
- Mellisa Gallant shares a video of her daughter being bullied
- Angelique Kerber beats Serena Williams in Australian Open...
- Newlyweds Prince Charles and Princess Diana at Balmoral 1981
- 'Hundreds-strong' mob of masked men rampage through...
- MAKE AMERICA COLD AGAIN: Trump stages dramatic flyby in...
- PICTURE EXCLUSIVE: What a difference a day makes! Make-up...
- Is this Harry's new girl? Romeo Prince is linked to American...
- Millionaire shipping executive escapes execution 'by paying...
- Parents sue public high school for 'religious...
- Confessions of the Queen's Vicar: Whispers of Diana's...
- The real-life soap opera behind Kate Hudson's cheeky snap...
- The man who's turning into a TREE: Bangladeshi suffers rare...
- 'I get at least two to three 'd*** pics' a day': Australian...
- Vicious clash between Mongols and Iron Order biker gangs...
- David Bowie's million dollar nanny: Star's gift to son's...