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Meet Tobias Bass: 10-Year-Old Writes Moving Letter to Help Sick Brother

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Tobias Bass, 10, got his selfless wish to be the legs for his brother Titus, who has cerebral palsy, and push him in a 5K race. All of this was possible because of Tobias’ compassionate letter written to a local Oklahoma television station.

 Tobias reached out to News 9 not for money, fame or a handout, but because he wanted the station to ask their viewers if anyone had a jogger pusher that he could borrow. Tobias wants his big brother to run the race with him.

He wrote about how sad it makes him when he sees his brother staring out through the window at kids running and laughing and having fun, and how he just wants him to experience what everyone else can.

This kid is amazing, and you can see every piece of his heart in the television interview —  he even wants to be an army pastor when he grows up so he can comfort men dying on the front lines.

Read Tobias’ letter to local TV station News 9 below.

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