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A Nebraska teacher was brought to tears when his students used their own money to buy him a new pair of shoes because his were stolen according to FOX 26. Trey Payne is an 8th-grade teacher and basketball coach at Logan Fontenelle Middle School in Bellevue, NE. Recently Payne’s favorite basketball shoes were stolen from his office.

Several students were upset when they found out and wanted to something about it. A mother of one of the students told FOX 5 her daughter and classmates raised money to buy Payne a new pair of shoes. Once the students put their money together they were able to purchase the shoes. In a video posted to Twitter, the students surprised Payne with the brand new Nike Zoom KD12 basketball shoes.

The video begins showing Payne getting teary-eyed as he reads the card and opens the bag he says, “I hope this isn’t shoes guys. Oh my, are you serious?”

Once he opened the box with the shoes inside his emotions overtook him. Payne took off his glasses and started to cry as the kids gathered around him for a group hug.

“He would do anything for any of his students and turns out they would do the same for him,” the mother told FOX 5.

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