In a humanising, PR move fit for a Presidential candidate, outgoing POTUS Barack Obama has personally commented on one of Facebook’s most popular pages, Human Of New York, from the official White House account overnight.
As HONY photographer and philanthropist Brandon Stanton stages an international summer tour—taking HONY from the streets of Manhattan to Pakistan, and currently, Iran—a post in the early hours of this morning was yet another example of the Stanton’s consistently inspiring glimpses of everyday humans.
Commenting on the story of a father praising his “humanitarian” ten-year-old son, Barack Obama added to the post, signing his comment with -bo. Obama writes:
“What an inspirational story. One of the most fulfilling things that can happen to you as a parent is to see the values you’ve worked to instill in your kids start to manifest themselves in their actions – and this one really resonated with me. I hope this young man never loses his desire to help others.
And I’m going to continue doing whatever I can to make this world a place where he and every young person like him can live up to their full potential. (And if I ever get to meet him, I hope he’ll save me an apricot!) -bo.”
“Today’s his tenth birthday. He’s a very emotional young man. He likes to solve other people’s problems. One time…
Posted by Humans of New York on Thursday, 3 September 2015
Earlier this year, 2016 Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton also commented on a particularly harrowing Humans Of New York post, comforting a young, LGBT subject of HONY.
via HONY.
