supposed to be holding your body up, when they re in the proper place and properly aligned and doing their job, then the rest of your body can relax. now start bending your knees. now once i can sit down well, i can basically maintain that posture so i can stay comfortable that way for the whole, you know, stretch of time, which is really great. so you may know this pittsburgh father. he is being called a hero for a simple act of kindness. he attended the pittsburgh pride parade and offered free hugs. the response was overwhelming. more than 700 hugs in two and a half hours. and howie ditman is with me now. happy father s day to you. thank you. you were offering free hugs at the pride parade. yes.
of trump tower. that atrium is the public place in that building. let me interrupt you. the only reason i do is because the article is so good, i don t want you to give it away in the interview. i want people to read it because it s a fascinating look back at a moment now through the lens of four years we really focus upon. michael kruse, thank you for writing it. we appreciate you coming in and talking to us about it. thanks for having me. you bet. a small act of kindness getting a huge response for pittsburgh for a father there, howie ditman. he is with us to tell us what happened that day, not just to the people there, but to him. stay close. with instant confirmation. i got it! what? what? l.a. bookers book apartments and vacation homes as easy as hotels. ridin scooter! l.a. baby! l.a. baby! be a booker you re welcome. at booking.com
to reconcile to ask for forgiveness and try to reestablish with their child. i have heard from children of those parents of all ages that have, you know, received that call and said i haven t heard from my parents in five years, 10 years. this morning i did and now they want to have lunch. things like that. that is a moment, howie. that is a moment to realize what you did actually brought people together. i only have 30 seconds. i want to ask how this changed you? i m sorry? how did this change you? i don t know. it s just kind of what we do at the organization that we try to identify needs in the community and fill those needs. and we don t start with labels or end with labels. we just try to do good human things. so it definitely is empowerful. i can t dan that in any way, shape or form. i m looking forward to next year s parade for sure.
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in between, we have a lot of work to do. i bet you re not going to be the only one wearing that free dad hugs shirt. you brought people together and you didn t even know it. happy father s day to you again. thanks so much. real humankindness going on there. . absolutely. we want to show you these images from hong kong, where obviously they are 12 hours ahead and in the darkness. massive protests under way. and the protests are ongoing despite the suspension of a controversial bill that would allow for criminals to be extradited to mainland china. we will continue to follow this situation. we are always so grateful to spend your saturday and sunday mornings with you. we want to wish you a happy father s day. happy father s day to my dad. that is me and my daughter. hey, to mark my husband as well and martin, to you as well.