Not to miss news clip

DO NOT miss it. A news clip of an autistic kid who … is obviously a huge baseketball fan and who … well. Just go watch it.

I can’t even type because of the tears streaming down my face. Happy tears. Exhilarated tears.

It’s one of the happiest things I’ve ever seen in my life. Watch the whole thing (it requires sound as well). I don’t know what moves me more – the actual event or the watching crowd’s REACTION to the event. GO. SEE IT NOW!!

Thanks, Ken for linking to this. It’s made my day.

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23 Responses to Not to miss news clip

  1. JFH says:

    My wife just asked why my eyes are red.

    Me: “Um, hot sauce”
    Her: “You had a South Beach pizza for lunch.’
    Me: “…”
    Her: “You’ve been watching sappy stuff on the internet again, haven’t you!”
    Me: “…”
    Her: “Don’t you ever work?”

  2. Jay says:

    I have been to some of the greatest and most exciting basketball games in history here in Indiana. I think that that ending would have topped them all. Great for him!

  3. Nightfly says:

    Rudy can take a running jump. Now THAT’S awesome.

  4. Just1Beth says:

    I love everyone at that game.

  5. amelie says:

    that… was just incredible. that… just took away the bad day i was having this morning. that … reminds me of how good people can be.

    thank you

  6. I saw that on the news last night. When the camera cut back to the anchors after the video footage, one of them was visibly choked up. She had to take a second to compose herself. It’s hard to not be affected by that.

    So amazing.

  7. TeacherDave says:

    man oh man.

    looks like i had hot sauce with lunch too.

  8. Ken Summers says:

    Yeah, I nearly cried too. It was beautiful.

  9. Iain says:

    “I was hot as a pistol…” :-)
    Wonderful clip – the crowd is phenomenal, and I love the way the picture shakes as the person filming gets carried away like everyone else.

  10. melissa says:

    That was (sniff) wonderful…

  11. Mr. Lion says:

    Six three-pointers in a row? Sounds like they should have put the kid in a hell of a lot sooner. Wow.

  12. Dean's World says:

    Drop Whatever You’re Doing…

    …and go watch this video.

    It’s the kind of thing they make movies out of.

    (Via

  13. Cullen says:

    I’m glad I didn’t watch that at work yesterday. I guess there’s no shortage of hot sauce around.

  14. Laura says:

    Amazing.

  15. Scotter says:

    How did the team do overall for the season?

    Did the coach look at a losing record and drink himself into a stupor because he had a sniper on the bench the entire season?

  16. earth girl says:

    As a mother of a teenage special needs son, I’m sitting here with tears streaming down my face. No, he’s never made 6 3-point shots, but he is as well-loved by his classmates for who he is. There are a lot of wonderful kids out there.

  17. David says:

    Goodness me. Beautiful. You can’t write stuff like that, well you can but then you’d be called sappy and sentimental and you’d have to go work for Disney.

  18. tracey says:

    Bawling — just bawling.

  19. Alex says:

    I just linked to it Sheila. Unreal. The end is unbelievable. When everyone around the court begins to trample towards him, and the camera is shaking and there’s a huge WOHOOO in the backround…

    Honestly….this is a bit too much for me….

  20. Nightfly says:

    Mr Lion – ESPN ran a segment on SportsCenter, following up the local coverage. Turns out that the team was already up 20 points so they put the boy in for the last four minutes and change. He went 7-13 shooting overall, 6-10 on his three-pointers. Knowing that part of it made me grateful for the other team, who displayed great sportsmanship in letting the young man fire away.

  21. Coolest Thing On The Internet Of The Day

    A really heartwarming video. And I’m kind of jaded on heartwarming stuff, but this one is pretty darn cool. Via Sheila and Ken….

  22. jenny says:

    Just watched this on another blog – and was happy to watch it again! This is the kind of clip that we all need to watch after all the regular news stories about how rotten people are to each other. I got so choked up the second they sent him out and the entire crowd started to scream. What a wonderful story!

  23. PatrickP says:

    Very moving.

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