When Myles Eckert found a $20 bill in the car park of a restaurant in Ohio, he first thought about buying a video game but then he found a much better cause for it.
The eight-year-old, whose father Army Sergeant Andy Eckert was killed in Iraq five weeks after he was born, gave it to Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dailey when he saw him in the restaurant in his uniform.
As well as the money, Myles wrote a heartfelt thank you note which read: “Dear soldier – my dad was a soldier. He’s in heaven now. I found this 20 dollars in the parking lot when we got here.
“We like to pay it forward in my family. It’s your lucky day! Thank you for your service. Myles Eckert, a gold star kid.”
Speaking about his decision, Myles told
CBS News: “I kind of wanted to get a video game but then I decided not to… (I gave it to him) because he was a soldier and soldiers remind me of my dad.”
The kind gesture also had a significant impact on the receiver, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Dailey, who said: “It’s incredible being recognised in such a manner… I look at it every day.”
Myles decided to give the money he found to a soldier.
[Images courtesy of CBS News] 
