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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. -- Since Dylan Johnson was two years old, he has had a passion for vacuum cleaners.
Credit: WTVR (via Jodie Greene)
Dylan, who has autism, was never into "normal" toys, his mother Jodie told WTVR.
The middle school student turned 14 over the weekend and celebrated his birthday with a party that included close friends, family and a vacuum salesman.
In an effort to help make her son's birthday special, Dylan's mother sent an email to the Kirby Company, the Cleveland-based makers of the Kirby vacuum.
The company received Jodie's email and made her son's birthday dream come true.
In addition to sending Dylan a soccer ball, a hat and a T-shirt with the Kirby logo, a Kirby salesman traveled from Fredericksburg to Chesterfield to perform a vacuum demonstration at the party.
"He knew more about the Kirby than I did," an obviously impressed Al Archie said. "I have never experienced anything like that."
Archie, who has been selling vacuums for Kirby for 25 years, said he was moved by Dylan's knowledge and was taken aback by photos of a much younger Dylan dressed up as a vacuum salesman.
"I imagine it was like a sports fan meeting one of his idols, like Michael Jordan," Archie said.
Archie also had a surprise for Dylan.
"At the end of the demonstration gave my son a brand new Kirby vacuum," Jodie Greene said. "There was not a dry eye in the house."
Kirby vacuums are not a cheap, but Archie said he decided to get one for Dylan as a way to celebrate the child's passion.
"I planned I wanted to do something for him," Archie said. " an opportunity to give something back."
Jodie Greene said her son has been over the moon ever since his birthday surprise.
"I'm going to have the cleanest carpets in Chesterfield County," she joked.