In a moment that was recorded on social networks and caused a great commotion, a retired who sold merchandise to the street because it does not reach the end of the month he began to cry in front of two customers. The distressing situation was recorded by a man who was having a coffee, he uploaded the video to the Internet and in a few minutes it went viral.
The scene took place in the neighborhood of Palermo. The 76-year-old retiree carried lighters and tissues in a bag, and approached the table where he was Marcelo, who had a gesture of solidarity with the man.
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Marcelo saw the retiree who was going from table to table selling and called him. He asked what he had to offer her and showed her tissues and lighters.
“He told me: ‘I’m sad, my wife died and I have to go out and sell to survive’”, he told in dialogue with TN. “The first thing I felt was that I had to hug him. I saw him as my old man. I had to help him.”
Marcelo’s gesture of solidarity
“I am very bad”, was heard in the voice of the seller. “Don’t cry, you have to move on,” she tried to comfort him, who appears identified as “Marchhe” on the Internet.
“How much did you sell?” Marcelo asked as he stood up to hug him and hand him two $1,000 bills that the retiree had a hard time grabbing. “Take $2,000 and leave me nothing. Take everything. Calm down, don’t cry”, he indicated. “Take away, take away,” the vendor insisted. “Nerd. Keep everything, “Marcelo replied. And he added: “I know it’s for eating.”
“I apologize”said the retiree. “It’s nothing, be calm”, harangued the user of Tik Tok at the end of the video.
A 76-year-old man sells lighters because he can’t make ends meet. (Photo: video capture).
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“I want to see him again, but next time smiling,” Marcelo later wrote on the social network. The images went viral and already accumulated more than 200,000 “likes”.