Digital Desk: It is never too late to try something new; the biggest example of this is a 77-year-old cancer patient, a video of which is becoming viral on social media, winning the netizens’ hearts.
Rebekah Bastian, CEO of Own Trail, shared a video on Twitter and informed that her 77-year-old father is a stage 4 prostate cancer patient. Who wanted to learn ice skating instead of succumbing to illness.
Sharing the video, Rebekah captioned it as “My father is 77 years old and has stage 4 prostate cancer. He decided to ice skate a few years ago and just did this performance with his teacher. For anyone that thinks it’s too late to try something new,”
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After the video of the 77-year-old cancer patient ice skating and his vivacity surfaced on social media, it has gathered more than 2.5 million views. At the same time, more than one lakh likes have been received, while more than 17 thousand retweets have been done.
“Omg! Most beautiful thing ever!!!” a netizen reacted.
While another wrote, “Sound *was* on, and I’d say I did “feel the feelings”; moved to tears, here. Bravo, Rebekah’s Dad Thank you, both.”
“I learned to skate when I was young, I am 63 now and I don’t think I could manage what your dad did…his sense of style is pretty good too.” wrote another one.
Rebekah told local media that her father had been ice skating as a hobby for nearly a decade, but he started taking lessons about three years ago.
The heart-warming story of the 77-year old dad left many emotional, while it is an inspiration for someone.