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A group of kind-hearted Good Samaritans on a night out spotted a frail old man slipping on the road, so escorted him to a taxi and paid his fare.

The act of kindness was captured on video by a pleasantly surprised witness, and sparked hundreds of comments praising the five young men.

Colm O'Grady shared the video to the ECHO's Facebook page on Friday and said: "So I just had my usual little walk around town to see what's the craic for the night and spotted a very fragile old man across the road.

"A group of young lads approached him so I thought I'd keep an eye.

"To their credit, they spotted he was old, fragile and probably out of his comfort zone (Liverpool on a friday night) then walked him to the nearest taxi and paid for his taxi home!

(Image: Colm O'Grady)

"Gave me a little faith in humanity! Fair play lads."

The video shows one of the men walking the elderly man past the Hard Day's Night Hotel in North John Street, Liverpool city centre , with his arm around his shoulder for support.

They approach a black cab parked on the side of the road and one of the group pulls out his wallet, and the group get some change together for the journey.

At the time of publishing this article, in reply to the post more than 3,000 people had commented to pay tribute to the kind gesture, and it had been shared more than 6,000 times.

Sue Cushion said: "This is a lovely thing to see they are a credit to their parents thank you for caring lads."

Carole Foster said: "Credit to you guys and your parents for bringing you up right. Nice to hear positive stories."

Elsa Stanley commented: "What a lovely bunch of caring young men. Well done to them. What a lovely and kind gesture."

Keith Taylor added: "Nice to see that in this selfish world that a group of lads did. Respect for their kindness"