We’ve all seen the videos on the internet of people surprising their children with impromptu trips to Disneyland.
But you’ve probably never seen anyone surprise a senior citizen with a trip to Disney.
Yet, that’s exactly what TikToker Isaiah Garza did. He asked a 97-year-old veteran who was a complete stranger to come to Disneyland with him where they became “best friends.”
You might have seen Garza in the headlines before bestowing people with acts of kindness.
He does so out of gratitude for the success he’s achieved after having been homeless and living on Skid Row just five years ago.
Garza grew up living in poverty and went on to become an entrepreneur, jewelry designs, speaker, and social media star.
According to Upworthy, his jewelry business grew after singer Rihanna was photographed wearing one of his designs on the cover of a French magazine.
Ever since then Garza has grew his social media following and used his income to do nice things for other people.
“I think it was the pain I went through every day when I would sleep on concrete, shower in public restrooms for years. I just told myself I was going to use this energy and harness it for good someday. I never knew how I was going to be able to make money someday to help people, but I always told myself that energy I would harness it for good and it ended up working,” Garza told FOX LA.
His most recent act of kindness was taking William Goode to Disneyland.
To find his special senior, Garza put out a Cragislist ad “looking for a senior citizen” to film a “fun video project.”
“I submitted two pictures of him with some shades on and another without and I got a response,” Goode’s caretaker Nelva Aguilar told CBS News. “I didn’t know who he was at all.
Goode was chosen and Aguilar was asked to bring the almost centenarian to the park to be surprised.
“I’m sorry to bother you, but I’ve had a really, really rough day,” Garza said while walking up to Goode and recording. “I just wanted to see if you’d be willing to go to Disneyland with me today.”
The very surprised senior’s face broke out into a huge grin.
“Oh my God, I can’t believe this,” Goode said.
The next thing we see in Garza’s video is Goode and Garza living it up on the Teacup Ride. It was the first time Goode had been on a ride in more than 50 years.
“I thought my life was just about over and then this Isaiah comes along,” said Goode.
Goode even got a pair of Minnie Mouse ears, got to walk through Sleeping Beauty’s Castle, rise “It’s a Small World,” and posed near the seasonal pumpkins.
“This is one of the best days of my life. I feel like I might be dreaming or something. I thought my life was over. I will remember this day for a long time. You don’t know how much I appreciate this… you really don’t know,” he replies, choking back tears.
Check out the video of their fun day below.
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@isaiahgarza I took a 100 year old veteran to Disneyland & we became best friends ❤️ #disneyland #kindness #friends #veteran #bestfriends ♬ Steal My Sunshine (Single Version) – Len
