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26 November 2007

This made me happy. On Disability Awareness Night at Fenway Park, an autistic guy sings the national anthem and gets the giggles. The crowd helps out.

post by: BitterOldPunk at: 23:38 | 19 comments

That's totally awesome!

posted by youngergirl44 26 November | 23:48

This made me smile a mile wide. Happy holidays and good wishes for your mom, BitterOldPunk. (Good wishes to everybody, actually.)

posted by melissa may 26 November | 23:56

That was great.

posted by CitrusFreak12 27 November | 01:36

Sweet and awesome and wonderful.

posted by deborah 27 November | 02:52

It nearly made me cry. In a good way.

posted by seanyboy 27 November | 06:47

posted by chewatadistance 27 November | 08:17

That's amazing. First time I've ever seen the crowd sing the anthem like that. Plus that kid wearing #10 cracking up with the singer is great.

Reminds me of the video where Maurice Cheeks helped out that girl when she got lost.

posted by eekacat 27 November | 11:01

I admit it. I teared up.

posted by jrossi4r 27 November | 11:10

That was wonderful. And I did cry.

posted by gaspode 27 November | 11:22

That's made my week.

posted by BoringPostcards 27 November | 11:34

Awww...

Maybe you're not such a BitterOldPunk after all. :)

posted by me3dia 27 November | 11:37

My friend sent me a link after we had a spirited chat dicussion of people being jerks to the disabled for various reasons. I was like "no way man that's not going to be any good at all" and he's like "no no no, it's nice, look" and I was like "it takes place in BOSTON, what could it possibly be" and he's like "STFU and CLICK IT"

And I did, and I was happy.

posted by jessamyn 27 November | 11:44

Oh, man. Totally in tears here.

I can't wait 'til my husband comes home so I can make him cry, too. Thanks, love.

posted by taz 27 November | 11:58

Awww. Choked up. I'd have cried if it'd been "Advance Australia Fair".

posted by essexjan 27 November | 12:31

Thanks, melissa may. She's doing OK, and is, in fact, making us turkey sammiches for lunch even as I type. I made cranberry/orange relish for the first time this year and it's awesome on a turkey sammich with some lettuce and bacon and mayo. Thanks for the good thoughts, the best to you and yours during the holidays!

posted by BitterOldPunk 27 November | 14:20

That was good. I was a bit squeamish at first 'cause I wasn't sure where it was headed but it ended up being lovely.

I was also mildly amused that "Comments are disabled" ;-)

posted by donovan 27 November | 16:17

I was also mildly amused that "Comments are disabled" ;-)

That's much better than saying "comments are retarded"...

what?

posted by eekacat 27 November | 16:33

*bonks eekacat on the head*

And I admit that I teared up a bit as well. I'm such a sap.

posted by deborah 27 November | 22:38

That was wonderful :)

posted by amyms 27 November | 23:44

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