A group of teenage boys in Caldwell, Idaho, are being hailed as hometown heroes after a video of them picking up an elderly man and bringing him home to clean his wounds went viral on Facebook.
Victor Ornelas, Isaac Hernandez, Diego Ramirez, Devan Ornelas and Josh Sorg were on their way to play basketball when they drove past Jose Gomez, an elderly man with a walker who had fallen to the ground.
The friends got the elderly man back on his feet and to be sure he was safe, they walked Gomez back to his house and came inside to check him for injuries.
Hernandez said “His knee was bleeding, so we grabbed napkins and we put alcohol on and we cleaned him up.”
Little did the boys know, however, that a neighborhood woman named Erika Tovar had been watching and filming the good samaritans in action. She published the photos on Facebook.
Tovar’s post eventually made its way to the people who operate The Sweet Spot Bakery nearby. When owner Kathy Plaisance reposted the pictures, she also asked followers if anyone could identify the teens.
She wrote, “We would sure like to treat them to a treat on us! What a wonderful positive story! Great job boys! This makes our hearts happy!”
The boys were soon tracked down by Tery Gomez, the elderly man’s daughter. She brought her father to be reunited with the teens at the bakery, where the group was treated to cupcakes and cookies with their names on it and cookies that said ‘hometown heroes’