this is 3-year-old mekhi simmons overcome with emotion as his classmates welcome him back to school after surviving hurricane dorian. he was visiting family in the bahamas when the hurricane hit so little mekhi and his mom join me now and so takara hi, mekhi doesn t have an earpiece, but tell him hi. hi. i m going to try to keep it together here. but the hug moment. the hug moment. you you were taking that video. what did that mean for you? that moment was a really special moment for me. hold on, mekhi, they re talking to us. really special to me because you know the kids just came and jumped up and came to mekhi and they wanted to hug him and make him feel so supported. after everything he went through, you know, as a mom, that really warmed my heart bought i m like, this is my son