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Hamilton Man Godfrey Cuotto's Act Of Kindness Is Making Him An Internet Hero

"Sometimes you just have to be selfless and put someone else's needs above yours."

One Ontario man's tiny act of kindness is making a huge impact on social media.

Godfrey Cuotto, a 21-year-old student in Hamilton, Ont., was photographed holding hands with a man named Robert with special needs on a local bus earlier this week. The photo, which was later posted on the Facebook page "Only In Hamilton" on Tuesday by a stranger, has now gone viral.

Cuotto says he was coming home from a burrito joint downtown when he entered a packed bus, and a man sitting near the front wanted to shake his hand. A little taken aback at first, the McMaster student says he then shook Robert's hand.

"He kept holding my hand," he told the Huffington Post Canada. "I thought I was getting pranked at first, but he just needed comfort."

I didn't know if u can post this but I would liking to say thank you to the guy who was seating beside a special needs...

Posted by Only In Hamilton on Tuesday, October 6, 2015

Over the 30-minute bus ride, Cuotto says the man held his hand, leaned on him, hugged him and also kissed his hands throughout the ride.

"I just allowed it, like what am I going to do?" Cuotto says. "Sometimes you just have to be selfless and put someone else's needs above yours."

Robert's family member later contacted Cuotto on Facebook and thanked him for comforting their uncle. They also told him Robert suffered from cerebral palsy and was deaf.

On Thursday, Cuotto told Toronto radio station Kiss 92.5 he stayed with Robert until the final stop, and also attributes his kindness to his mom: "I was raised by a queen."

How wonderful!

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