Touching photo shows cable tech who 'walked into a mess' soothing crying child

GREENVILLE, S.C. – A cable worker's act of kindness has gone viral.

Jessica Nash Donnahoo, of South Carolina, posted a photo on Facebook of Spectrum employee Rob Kinney holding and comforting her 3-year-old son, Sailor, who she says was born with rare brain defects and is blind.

Here is her entire Facebook post:


According to Good Morning America, Kinney has worked for Spectrum for nine years, and is a single dad to a 4-year-old. Donnahoo said she thinks that's one of the reasons he was so wonderful with her little boy.

"I said, 'You want me to pick you up, buddy?' while looking at her just to get a feel or not if it would be a problem," Kinney told GMA. "She seemed okay with it so I picked him up and held him while I was doing a few things inside. He was super comfortable with it to the point he started getting sleepy."

So many people loved Kinney's act of kindness that Donnahoo's March 16 post has been shared more than 132K times, as of Thursday afternoon.