On the Road: Ohio boy's $20 gift to soldier multiplies

a few weeks ago Steve Hartman introduced us to a young boy who found a $20 bill converted it to a currency called kindness and invested it with a stranger well that investment has had quite a return here Steve on the road nine-year-old miles Eckert may be America's most reluctant celebrity it was never his intention to be honored at civic events or posed for pictures but for the last month this has been his word things are not so normal right now we're on the right of Our Lives tiffany is miles mom I mean I've seen stuff go viral but usually it's like a picture of a cat and not my son it's the craziest thing I've ever experienced in my life if you miss the story that started it all miles adventure began here at a Cracker Barrel in Maumee Ohio as the security camera shows Myles and his family entered the restaurant on February 7th at 11:14 Myles was very excited he just found a $20 bill in the parking lot just sitting there yeah did you start thinking of what you could spend it on he changed his mind when he saw a guy in a military uniform enter the restaurant because he was a soldier and soldiers remind me of my dad and so with his dad in mind Myles wrapped the 20 in a note that read dear soldier my dad was a soldier he's in heaven now I found this $20 in the parking lot when we got here we like to pay it forward in my family it's your lucky day thank you for your service signed Myles Eckert a Goldstar kid Army sergeant Andy Eckert was killed in Iraq just five weeks after Myles was born all the kid has ever had our pictures and dog tags other people's memories and his own imagination has a really nice person and somebody that would be really fun the dad he imagines must also love a good story because after lunch that day Myles asked his mom to make one more stop he wanted to see his dad and he won't go by himself that day she took this picture from the car follow the footsteps and you'll see Myles standing there behind the flag presumably telling his dad all about it and whether haven't heard him or not his good deed has made a huge impression here on earth you've read it more than once I look at it every day Lieutenant Colonel Frank Daley of the Air National Guard is the one who got the note kid gave you a bigger gift than $20 a lifetime direction for sure Lieutenant Colonel Daley paid it forward by giving away the money and that 20 has been multiplying ever since this exponential is extraordinary it's amazing after our story aired a lot of people wanted to give Myles as $20 back but instead of taking any money the a Kurtz directed those donations to snowball Express a charity that helps kids who've lost a parent to war so far donations total more than a quarter of a million dollars somebody would be very proud Steve Hartman on the road near Toledo Ohio and that's the CBS Evening News for tonight for all of us at CBS News all around the world I'm Scott Pelley in Rome I'll see you Sunday on 60 minutes good night

Channel: CBS Evening News

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Keywords: video, cbs, news, hartman, newfound, myles, exkert, soilder, return, child, boy

Id: ege3YJ_01H8

Length: 3min 51sec (231 seconds)

Published: Fri Mar 28 2014