A small boy, who was trying to get the Swiss tennis player’s signature at the US Open tennis match on Wednesday, was saved from a crushing crowd by several security guards. They boy was successfully rescued. Some tennis stars might have stayed focused on their game and not thought much about the event. The young fan had been saved after all.
Instead, Roger Federer, the Swiss tennis champion made the young boy’s day by asking the security guards to let him onto the court. He then comforted him and signed his cap and ball – a moment the young fan is unlikely to forget.
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Zeki Ergas says
Isn’t that incredible? To ask the security guards to bring the boy down and to sign a ball and a cap. It certainly shows an unbelievable amount of empathy, sympathy and humanity. Switzerland’s hero of the times. The new William Tell – who is making some $ 60 to 70 million a year. A gladiator, a mercenary of the panem et circenses. A sad commentary of our time and age …