President Obama Pens 'Humans of New York' Facebook Photo Comment After Climate Change Trip

President Obama took to the Humans of New York Facebook page to pen a touching comment on a photo of an Iranian father and son. Our POTUS took to the White House Facebook account to share a personal message on the photo, signing it with “-bo” to let us know he is personally writing the message, similar to when he takes over the White House Twitter account. The President was inspired by the photo of the two family members, with the story being from the father’s perspective of his son. All of which occurred after the President's trip to Alaska to discuss the subject of climate change.

The photo story speaks of how the Iranian father noticed that they went to buy two pounds of apricots when his son was 5 years old, and by the time they reached their home, all of them were gone, as the son had given them away. The caption ends with the father saying, “I knew then that I was raising a humanitarian.”

President Obama was pretty touched by the story, commenting via the White House’s Facebook page:

“What an inspirational story. One of the most fulfilling things that can happen to you as a parent is to see the values you’ve worked to instill in your kids start to manifest themselves in their actions – and this one really resonated with me. I hope this young man never loses his desire to help others. And I’m going to continue doing whatever I can to make this world a place where he and every young person like him can live up to their full potential. (And if I ever get to meet him, I hope he’ll save me an apricot!) –bo."

If this father and son ever do get to meet President Obama, we hope that there is a photo or footage of the three of them eating apricots together. It’s amazing to see that even the President of our country is paying attention to some of the smaller inspirational stories.