Football player's picture with autistic boy goes viral

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the photo you see here captures a moment

of remarkable kindness that is drawing

praise from around the world and

rightfully so

mark Strassmann went to Tallahassee to

find out how a college football star and

a young student found each other in a

school cafeteria he just sat down with

me

Oh passkey was sitting alone in Montfort

middle school's cafeteria on Tuesday it

was right there you looked up and there

he was yeah and what did he say he said

sup dude he was Travis Rudolph a star

wide receiver with a Florida State

football team five players were visiting

the school as part of a community

service program and what you guys talk

about

he asked me am I gonna play in the NBA

and I said yes okay and would you ask

him I asked him are you in the NFL and

he said no one little thing Rudolph told

us he noticed a young kid sitting off by

himself because headed his way once I

got those two slices of pizza I just see

him by itself and I was like hey there's

like a spot like I guess is something

clicked in my head just let me go ask

him if I can say what I may eat lunch

with him someone snapped a photo of Beau

and his new friend having lunch with no

one else sitting close and sent it to

the sixth graders mother is autistic and

many days no one sits with him at lunch

the thought of him eating alone gets to

you yes absolutely

Lea passkey will always remember the

college football players kindness to her

son he could have sat with anybody cuss

out with anybody and yet he picked buh

yeah who was sitting by himself

yes so I'm just moved with emotion and

his generosity and this kindness

I don't again I haven't spoken to him I

don't know what made him think Bo but

I'm so grateful he did I'm so grateful

he did that was so kind she thanked

Rudolph in a Facebook post this is one

day I didn't have to worry if my sweet

boy ate lunch alone because he sat

across from someone who was a hero in

many eyes that post has been shared

thousands of times since mine definitely

is hope

you know that kids is welcome in a man

cousin he's a genuine person and he can

always be around me anytime I was his

friend when beau walked into lunch on

Wednesday every kid wanted to sit with

him I'm a superstar everybody recognizes

me for CBS this morning

mark Strassmann Tallahassee Florida oh

yes a brother you are the man

I was a mess yesterday Oh