A pizza deliver driver in Rhode Island receive something more special than any tip this week.
Ryan Catterson was delivering pizza to the 1 of Lindsey Sheely on Saturday night when Sheely's old son ran up to him and give him a big2 .
Sheely, who3the moment on the doorbell camera, said, "I put it up on my Facebook page. In fact, I just did it because we thought it was4. "What Sheely didn't know at the time was what that5would mean to Catterson.
Catterson's 16-year-old daughter, who lived in California with his ex-wife, 6passed away. She had7with mental problems. “After losing my daughter this past week, it just8me because it was like she was there, and it just meant a9to me," he said.
His ex-wife, Danielle, said she was10that someone saw his pain and could be there for him. “It's so easy to11such people and their internal pain," she said. "That even goes to our12. We didn't know her13. "
The video of his hug with the 2-year-old made its14to Catterson, and he reached out to tell Sheely how much it15. "It is really16to accept that I'm not going to be able to hug her again," Catterson said of his daughter.
The hug may have lasted only a few seconds, 17it's a moment Catterson will18 always. "That might have been my daughter just looking out for me19at the time," he said. "This incident means something, and makes me20, 'Wow, maybe she's there. "
