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Sunday 22 February 2015

Dozens of cops and firefighters flock to autistic boy's birthday party after his heartbroken mom revealed none of his classmates turned up

Found this heartwarming story on Mail Online about how classmates of a young autistic boy refused to turn up for his 6th birthday party and after his heartbroken mum revealed it on Facebook, dozens of fire-fighters, police and people in his community turned up at his home to make it a birthday he'd never forget. Read full story below...
Ashlee Buratti, of St. Cloud, Florida, had invited her son Glenn's class of 16 children to his birthday on February 8, and when no one showed up, he was devastated.
Though no one RSVP'd, Buratti and her husband John Buratti were 'still holding on to the hope that some of them would show up' to the party for her son, who has epilepsy and a mild form of autism. 
'From the minute he woke up that day he wanted to know how many minutes until his friends came,' Buratti, 25, said, adding that his eyes filled with tears when he learned no one was coming. 

The mother-of-three posted on a locally run Facebook page with more than 10,000 members titled, Osceola Rants, Raves and Reviews List, to express her frustration, according to the Osceola News-Gazette.

'I know this might be something silly to rant about, but my heart is breaking for my son. We invited his whole class (16 kids) over for his 6th birthday party today. Not one kid came,' she posted.
And when other group members saw the post they sent Buratti messages asking if they could bring their own kids to Glenn's party to celebrate.
The message even reached staff from the Osceola County Sheriff's Office, who asked for the family's address and said a helicopter would fly over their St. Cloud home. 

The helicopter came to the house within an hour, and the pilot flew low enough that Glenn could see him waving.  
Glenn, who loves public safety and law enforcement, was overjoyed with the party, and his mom said that though he is usually shy, he took to his new friends like he'd known them all his life. 

'In general, deputies have big hearts - they thought about their own kids and wanted to make this boy happy because it was such a sad situation,' Buratti told Today. 
In total, about 15 kids and 25 adults showed up to celebrate and eat cake, give gifts to Glenn and play in a bounce house.

One woman brought the birthday boy a bike, while others brought toys. Buratti said one man came to the party with a camera and took pictures he later gave to the family.
'It was just amazing. The people who came out were so awesome,' Buratti told the Osceola News-Gazette. 
And Glenn's birthday celebration didn't end on Sunday - several crews from the Sheriff's Office and Osceola County Fire Rescue stopped by the family's home on Wednesday. 
Though Buratti knew the crews were coming, she left it a surprise for her son to see as they were on their way home from school. 

'We got to the stop sign by our house and Glenn was like, "The fire truck's at our house!" I said, "It's okay, they're there to tell you happy birthday,"' Buratti told CBS News. 

They all wished him a happy birthday, gave him tours of their fire truck, squad cars, motorcycles and a SWAT vehicle and showered him with more gifts. 
'And to think, all this happened because nobody showed up to his birthday,' Buratti wrote online. 'Thank you, thank you, thank you.'  

Culled from UK Daily Mail

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Unknown said...

wowooooooooo

EVA said...

Awwwwwh

Anonymous said...

Awww! I actually got goose bumps reading this..

Unknown said...

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Unknown said...

Awwww! Nice of them...

Anonymous said...

Awwww this brought tears 2 my eyes, thank God d lil boy enjoyed his birthday afterall...

Unknown said...

Lucky little cutie......HBD to him


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Anonymous said...

Awwwwww!!!!! Now I'm crying! May we get there someday in my dear Naija

Unknown said...

MR EDDY said this heat wan kill person o.


Awww. Lucky boy. Happy birthday cutie
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Queen said...

Oh God I couldn't hold back my tears. Every dissapintment is a blessn

Sylvonce said...

Awww..nice

gossip girl said...

Eya....evry diasappointment z a blessing!!!

BLAQ said...

Awwww that's so nice of them

Lilian Fc Barcelona said...

It is well.

Unknown said...

Eyaaaaa. That's so nice. This really heart touching.

Unknown said...

Eeeeeyah! Dats one thing about Oyinbo people dey sabi value life & property. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeyah! Dats one thing about Oyinbo people dey sabi value life & property. Linda take note!

Unknown said...

Eeeeeyah! Dats one thing about Oyinbo people dey sabi value life & property. Linda take note!

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Wow!!!


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Unknown said...

Awww...oyinbo pple could so affectionate...this is quite beautiful

Unknown said...

Awwwww, dats sweet.

Unknown said...

Awwwww...so nice of them...

Anonymous said...

WooOoo,

Unknown said...

I officially dropped tears 4 dis story.., the most touching and heart felt story i'hv ever read, soo soo happy 4 him. Happy birthday in arias glenn , good health and long life 2 u

SMURF said...

Thank You to everyone that went!!! She shld remove her son from that school, they don't preach love there... in Nigeria, I pray this can happen without anyone saying nonsense.

Anonymous said...

I knos how it feels I held my 22nd bday and no one came

I felt so horrible and hated myself I ate my food alone and prayed to God for a wonderful year ahead

God has been merciful to me
So this boy shouldn't worry better things are coming

Anonymous said...

That's great

Unknown said...

Awww!
So touching!
Thank God so kind people later made him happy

Anonymous said...

aaaaaaaw! got tears in my eyes for this one....

Unknown said...

This like the most touching story Hve read in this blog....made me cry..swear down. Some white peeps r wicked tho

Unknown said...

Sooo impressive, not Buhari, FFK, okukpe, OBj, amber, Boko matter every day d@s got too boring... thumbs up 4 dis piece still with heavy eyes..

Unknown said...

This shows that there is still a little bit of love and humane left in the world after all...

Anonymous said...

Oh my God, I can't hold back the tears. Good people still exist.. God will bless you all. For the parents that did not show up with their kids, a very big shame on you. Thank God for disappointing you.

Unknown said...

Wow! Like I shed tears reading this. Soooo sweet. Happy birthday Gleen!

Dave Mide said...

This is touching !

AMIJEZ said...

Eyaaaa,lucky boy. His disappointment brought him blessings.

Anonymous said...

Tears!!!

Anonymous said...

You are a bastard! May God leave every difficult situation in ur life unattended! Insensitive twat!

Unknown said...

Hehehehhe. Gud 4 him!

Zamani said...

thanks to Them for putting a smile on his face. Pls visit rellaidiovo.blogspot.com

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Fuvking insensitive idiot!

Fancy diva! said...

Shame unto d mothers if d children cos he was epileptic they tot it will b a flop.now their disappointment has turn to a blessing for d boy

ASAMPOKOTO said...

Hence why they are ahead of us. They are principled with morales, not necessarily religious, less hypocritical. Caring, nice and not consumed with greed.

BECKYS WORLD EVENTS /NAIJA BAKERS BLOG said...

Tears. Dis is one thing dat is Right in d world. Let's share love

Funmi Aiyenuro said...

I actually cried reading this. So touching. Don't worry Glenn , I will be around for your next birthday party.

corisande said...

Awwwwww!
Moved to tears
I'm sure the happiness the lil boy felt must've been out of this world

Anonymous said...

I dunno who u r, bt one tin i'm certain about is d fct u'r a hater n a silly one @ dat.. If u see a post n ur brain dsnt work fast 4 a coment, jst skip it n wait 4 d nxt one.. Commenting on LIB is nt a Do or Die affair kid.

Anonymous said...

Makes me wanna cry

Carina Kikelomo Jacob said...

I'm glad they showed up. Every disapointment is a blessing.

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Unknown said...

Awwww, so sweet

Abdul Adepetu said...

My eyes filled up! So mice sweets. Two sides of Humans. Good and Bad! Ying and Yang!
Happy Birthday Boy!

ary said...

This is cool.

Unknown said...

Hmm....It's really heartwarming.. HBD!!

Abdul Adepetu said...

Give us your address

Unknown said...

This sincerely brought tears to my eyes! Best way to preach love I wonder how come am not a white

Unknown said...

So touching. Hbd boy!

KC said...

awwww... So touching.... Happy Birthday Sweets... This goes to show that God has a plan for u.

Davido's driver said...

If it were to be NPF they will never show up unless there's ogogoro, free food for them and fuel money.

Anonymous said...

Lovely!

Favour belle said...

Wow...and this happen for real!!! Hbd kiddo

Subomi said...

got emotional reading this.

Akin' Odunsi @gr8akin said...

Awwww... this so touching! This is why the whites keep progressing, there is love! Nigerian police won't even check facebook, they r busy chasing Okadas to extort money from! May God bless those who care for others! That's love!

@gr8akin

Abeni said...

Am touch. Am happy for the support. Gave to the little. Boy

Anonymous said...

Happy kid. So touching! Ur classmates shd f**k off kid. *Batsh say so*

Anonymous said...

For the first time in years....I got tears clouding my eyes.

Anonymous said...

Awwww...Couldn't hold back the tears. God bless them all.

Anonymous said...

Awwww....just cldnt hold back the tears. ..so so touchy

muyiblaq said...

that is nice

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday darling little boy. You are healed from epilepsy. We wish you many more beautiful years ahead. From all of us in Nigeria.

Anonymous said...

You annoying piece of shit can u please stop this "linda take note" bullshit. I see you want to start your campaign for end of the year 100k early, but the way you are going about it is disgusting. I hope u don't get a dime. Rubbish.

Unknown said...

So touching

Angela Judy said...

Typical of an IDEAL society

Anonymous said...

you are one big idiot. You will have kids one day. Just pray hard that this pitiful thing or worse doesn't happen to them.

Zoë said...

Awwwww, very happy for him...Touching story.

Ijanyimitch said...

Some people can be real retards, na by force to post? Even wil he minna moses couldn't help but say awwww, quite touching

Anonymous said...

Same here at anonymous, I pray God bless and enlarge my coast so I can help the needy

Ijanyimitch said...

Very touching indeed

Anonymous said...

The guy is just a consumed sadist.

Anonymous said...

I'm telling you , very razz.... Linda take note

Unknown said...

Awwe......touching story

Ms Viv said...

Couldn't hold back the tears. So so touching. God bless them so much. Happy belated birthday dear. Grow and shine.

Anonymous said...

Lmao! I tire o!

B said...

Shame on his classmates parents. They denied their kids from attending the party for selfish and stupid reasons best known to them but at the end it was a blessing for the little boy.

shollymamaa said...

So happy he had a fulfilled day oluwa tobi loba

Anonymous said...

Let me have your address

Unknown said...

So touching!!



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Unknown said...

Wow so touching! This is d reason I love Nigerians........cos even ur enemies go come, u ll even see pple u have never met b4! Oyibo n Discrimination...HBD Lil one! U shall live Long, Strong, Healthy and Wealthy IJN! AMEN

SS said...

Awww, God bless all who went. With teary eyes i smiled all through as i read. Wow, what a show of love. Meks me wanna put a smile on someone's face right away

destinysweet said...

Every disappointment is blessing in disguise


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Oluwalana Samuel said...

Heart broken...my heart melted...feel like crying.

Preciousgirl said...

Wow this was sweet...God bless them

fgtf said...

That is indeed a birthday to remember

Unknown said...

"Awwww. I actually got goose bumps reading this" hmmm,yday was my birthdaY even when I mentioned it No 1 cared 2 wish me happYbirtdaY now ur forming

Unknown said...

This brought tears to my eye.

Unknown said...

God promised us He will do, exceeding more than what we ask or ever imagine. Happy birthday baby boy. I play Korede Bello "God win" song for u.

Unknown said...

Ur so right O,had 2 remove my weavon b4 I run madt

Unknown said...

Wow..... This story is nice Linda .....hbd to the lil kid *thamixbreed*

laamide said...

You have said it all, every disappointment is a blessing.
Woow its quite good to know that we still have some kindhearted people in this world.

Anonymous said...

Lol .....I wonder o

princess said...

So touching, my heart melts

Unknown said...

Same thought I had..This little girl is a freak of lowlife.I wonder why she keeps this fucking n useless signature on and on.."Linda Take Note"What a bullshit.If I should just try to get down to where she came,she is nothing but a pauper.Akushe jattijati..Omo iran kiran...

rae said...

This really got *tear* in my eyes ! People are so mean ! But God shamed them for the cute lil boy...so happy,all thanks to the people that made him happy,I pray pple learn to start having a gud heart cos it pays.

Oluwalana Samuel said...

God have mercy and heal the little boy, feel like crying #melted heart#

Unknown said...

Awwwww! One door closes for anoda to open jare. 9ce one

Anonymous said...

This is touching. There are still good and selfless people in this world. I wish we can be selfless in this part of the world

Unknown said...

Awww.. So sweet.. Disappointment turn out to be a blessing

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday

Anonymous said...

U guys should free her and campaign 4 ur own stomach infrastructure na, leave d babe joor, even tho she's desperately exasperating... LWKM

Anonymous said...

America very wicked society, they only look at what they'll gain in a situation but God is bigger than them.

KASS said...

Don't blame him not everyone understand English language.

Unknown said...

Thot am d only one tearing here...

Unknown said...

Wow!!!! Amaazing!!! This is humans being there 4 one another

Anonymous said...

Americans and their big heart! God bless you all that made it a memorable day for this young man!

OnPoint

LeeBerty said...

Happy belated birthday, dear Pam.

Anonymous said...

That makes two of us o! The we Avon was driving me nuts. I didn't even wait to go to the salon to take it off, just looked for razor blade and started cutting and in the process I sliced of quite a bit of my own hair but I don't care...I've poured water on my head and I feel cool! Lol

LeeBerty said...

All these insults just to pass a message across? Nigerians, I hail thee!

Unknown said...

Awwwww. God is always on time.

Unknown said...

vision 30infinty for nigeria

Jules said...

Awww...it now turned out to be a memorable birthday party!

Anonymous said...

Amazing story. God has a way of making up and doing it with a swag only him can bring about.

Unknown said...

How sweet

Unknown said...

Happy birthday

Unknown said...

O my God! I shed a few tears ova dis.dis is so hart warming

Anonymous said...

Eyaaa, how sweet and kind of them!

Unknown said...

I love dis story so much dat I came back 2comment again .
Wishing I was der 2help d lil dude celebrating his bday.
Hapi bday 2him

Unknown said...

Wow. Touching, felt like crying. Just Love it when people go out of there way just to make others Smile. Its a thing of Joy.

Anonymous said...

This is soooo touching... there are still people out there who have hearts of gold

Unknown said...

Lol

Nomso said...

awwww!!!

Unknown said...

Pam oya happy birthday. No cry again u hear.

Unknown said...

I'm telling u, I'm sure they'll feel more terrible seeing the outcome of the boys party.

Anonymous said...

Had tears in my eyes. At least there are still decent people out there

Anonymous said...

This story is so so touching, I have tears in my eyes right now. This is a challenge to all Nigerians, we have to learn to love, I believe this act is part of community services. We Nigerians need to do more of this. God is Love and Love is God. I pray Love prevails in Nigeria.

Anonymous said...

I SERIOUSLY DONT KNOW WHY THEM BORN ME FOR AFRICA EEHHHH.

Unknown said...

A very touching story am happy the child got to celebrate his birthday in a bigger way.....shame to the parents of his classmate....linda I have spoken

Anonymous said...

Still tinking why I can't control my tears reading dis. It took me 20 yrs to cry again today.Happy birthday Glenn!

Unknown said...

Whao this all I can type whao again

Unknown said...

So sweettttttt.

Unknown said...

Eiyaaaa, I'm a guy and I don't see it as a thing of pride to be described as emotional, but I gotta say this got me all warm and mushy inside, maybe because of my own son. God bless you kiddo, and the beautiful people of county law enforcement and fire department for going beyond the boundaries of duty all for that little boy.

Anonymous said...

Happy birthday Eucharia, you will have more to celebrate in years to come.

supermom said...

Awwww happy birthday dear.

Unknown said...

nice one, happy birthday

Unknown said...

Awsome!

Unknown said...

Make una no kill me with laugh, i think say she go don tire by now, this kind person dey make me fear.

SUE JORDAN said...

Lol...

Unknown said...

A sad story that ended well

heytheredelilah said...

Happy belated bday Pam.

Unknown said...

www, how lucky can we be? February babies are so cute.

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Schola's Oasis said...

Wooow..... it's so touching, I wish I was there to celebrate with him as well. Happy Birthday

prettiyz said...

So touching,this story brought so much tears to my eyes, shame to those that were invited that didn't come

Chikata Chidinma said...

yea.really touching.glad d boy has something lovely to remember for the rest of his life.

Anonymous said...

Is it because they don't eat jollof??

Chikata Chidinma said...

Lwkmd.una don finish this juliet gal oo.chai.make una take am easy biko.lolzz.

Anonymous said...

Heavenly.

Chikata Chidinma said...

AMEN AND AMEN.HIS DISAPPOINTMENT TURNED INTO A BIG BLESSING.

Anonymous said...

Awwwwww happy birthday to him am touched God bless him wishing him many more years!!!

mary nwa mama said...

Awwww, this had me almost crying. am glad he had fun at last

Anonymous said...

Hi Linda,

Please we say "person/child/boy " with autism not "autistic person/child/boy".

The idea is that you acknowledge the person and not the disorder.

Thanks for showcasing this story

Regards,
An autism mom

SS said...

What exactly is what you said related to the heart warming story shared? Ehn mumu. Just type nonsense because you can comment under anonymous. Goat

Anonymous said...

This definately made me teary... as i understand perfectly how this mother must have felt!. i have a son suffering from both horrible, horrible conditions..so i know. Really happy fro the little lad.

jbankzE said...

Americans r good pple..... If na naija,rant all u want eh nobodi get dat tym.

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Daily diet tv said...

This literally brought me to tears!

Unknown said...

Nigerians will ask for egunje first.

Unknown said...

Narcissistic douchebag! I pity the children that will have you as a parent

Ryan said...

Happy birthday pam!!!

Anonymous said...

I quite agree with u. Her stupid comments are always posted twice and this "linda take note" nonsense. To top it up she looks like a retard.

Anonymous said...

Now Kass is the mean one!hahaha..

Ethel said...

Awwww this so touching...wish I could reach out to the little cute man.

HAWT TALK WITH TOSAN said...

Heartwarming. Close to my heart

Teacher said...

GOD remembers you and that's all that matters. People come and go but only GOD is consistent. Next year will be different

APPLE said...

So touching.

Unknown said...

@ lwkmd, I don laff tire, dats our NPF u finished here! Lol! Na so. Its so touching, beautiful!

Unknown said...

This brought tears to my eyes God is bigger than every situation

Unknown said...

Awwwww, I love these people

itohanhope said...

Dis is so so touching..bring tear 2 my eyes...alwys a way wen it seems all hope is lost

KWEEN said...

I was reading this with tears falling from my eyes. I'd bet his mean classmates now regret the fact that they refused to show up for his birthday. Thank God their absence turned it into the best day of his life. So sweet.

Unknown said...

Ate ur food alone? That is an unsafe act Anon :) Now when is ur next bday n send us your address

Unknown said...

first time commenting here, brought tears to my eyes...God bless you young boy

Redcandy said...

Sometimes, Americans can be really bossy...I lived in their midst for a while so I know. But when they decide to show love, I don't think any other nationality beats them in that. They will overwhelm you with love, hands down. God bless these people that rallied for this boy. May God continue to rally for their own kids too.

Redcandy

Anonymous said...

wow!... unfortunately such a story is not heard near our clime...

sky said...

God bless you!

Chi said...

Nigerian Police and Fire Service rake note!

Ma Fla said...

This story brought tears to my eyes. If people could only show a little love, the world would have been a better place. God bless his mum who took that step and God bless all those who turned up, am so sure God smiled at them for making that lil boy happy.

Anonymous said...

this babe wey every time linda take note who get her address i wan take some notes of pain to her cuz its irritating every time she says it

Unknown said...

Aw sweet?

Brown suga said...

Awww so cute, oyibo dem get good heart I swear.

Unknown said...

White people loves theirselves

Samuel Anuku said...

Wow this is so amazing. Wish for a world where people would look out for others, may God bless their good hearts.

#myopinioncounts# said...

Thank God it all turned out well!

Anonymous said...

RETARD alert!!!!Oloriburuku big time!!! Insensitive baboon!!!

Gozie said...

I got severe goose bumps I had to stop reading for abt 10mins.
Making some other person happy is the most Awesome feeling Ever!!!!

Anonymous said...

Hell Mr Red candy, I disagree with u. I live in America. This is not the first time such a thing is happening here. its very common. That is discrimination. It happened to a friend daughters birthday party. and non of his school mates attended due to the fact that the little girl is black and the only black in her class of 18.

Anonymous said...

This made me really teary. Thank God for everyone that came to make Glen's day special in spite of all, God's substitute is always be the best.
Happy birthday Glen and many more years of better celebration in good health.
@ Lindaikeji, thanks for this piece, it is indeed a sweet relief from all the naked bodies, tattoo's and electioneering palava. More this such news plssssssss

Anonymous said...

This made me really teary. Thank God for everyone that came to make Glen's day special in spite of all, God's substitute is always be the best.
Happy birthday Glen and many more years of better celebration in good health.
@ Lindaikeji, thanks for this piece, it is indeed a sweet relief from all the naked bodies, tattoo's and electioneering palava. More this such news plssssssss

Anonymous said...

@MR EDDY are you in HELL? Why is heat always killing you?

Anonymous said...

Awwww............i cant help the tears now. Nice pple with good hearts.

Unknown said...

So so so Nice, How i wish Nigeria could be someday like this. E far again sha!

Unknown said...

wow, I got goose bumps reading this.

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