This Sweet Snap Of A Firefighter Reading A Book To A Little Girl Who Was In A Crash Went Viral For All The Right Reasons
Billings, Montana. On September 29th in Billings, a woman named Allie Marie Schmalz snapped a sweet photo of a firefighter reading a book to a little girl who was in a car crash that evening.
Allie uploaded the photo to Facebook, along with the caption, “Sweetest thing ever! This fireman is reading books to a little girl after being in an accident. First responders are amazing.”
The photo of the firefighter reading to the little girl that Allie posted quickly caught the community’s attention, and one man commented on her post that he actually knew the firefighter; Ryan Benton.
“Will u show him and tell him that was the sweetest thing ever to see???” Allie asked.
“He was so kind to her and gave her a little bag with goodies in it. He sat there for a while reading to her and it was so awesome and precious.”
Facebook; pictured above is the heartwarming photo that Allie captured, unbeknownst to the firefighter
Well, Ryan’s wife Katy then said on Allie’s post that he saw the photo, and she was appreciative of Allie for sharing it.
Allie replied that she felt that the image should be shared since so many first responders don’t get the acknowledgment they deserve for the things that they do.
The Billings Fire Fighters also shared the photo to their Instagram account, saying, “It’s the little things.”
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Instagram; pictured above is a screenshot of the post from the fire department
After the photo went viral, Ryan humbly didn’t want to talk about that moment, but his coworker Cameron Abell did open up to KTVQ about how wonderful Ryan is as a person.
“That firefighter, Ryan, he was there, they were cleaning up the car accident, and so he took it upon himself to, to take the time to make those kids feel safe,” Cameron said.
“Ryan’s a really humble guy and he’s probably going to kill me for kind of putting him in the spotlight.”
Cameron concluded that Ryan felt he was just there doing the job a firefighter is supposed to do, and he did not want any kind of attention for doing something that’s all in a day’s work.
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