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WWII vet brought to tears by teen caretaker’s gift

Posted on January 17, 2021December 30, 2021 By Caleb Parke

A World War II veteran in England is going viral after his 17-year-old caretaker gave him a special gift that moved him to tears.

Kia Tobin noticed that Ken Benbow, 94, would sleep with a photograph of his late wife. The two were married for 71 years.

Ken Benbow, 94, kelihatan sebak dan menitiskan air mata sejurus melihat foto isterinya pada bantal pemberian kakitangan pusat jagaannya, Thistleton Lodge di Preston, England, baru-baru ini.

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So she decided to give him a pillow with the photograph on it.

“Safe to say, we all shed a tear today,” reads the caption on the Facebook video posted Saturday by the Thistleton Lodge retirement home in Preston.

He told the BBC: “I felt like I’d got my wife back.”

Read the BBC story here.

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