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REPORTER: IN TODAY’S WORLD, IT’S NICE TO KNOW A SIMPLE ACT OF KINDNESS DOESN’T GO UNNOTICED. >> I WAS JUST TRYING TO HELP. I REALLY DIDN’T THINK I WOULD BE ON CAMERA. REPORTER: WHEN 15-YEAR-OLD DONTARIUS CALDWELL WAS SNAPPED IN THIS PICTURE HELPING A WOMAN WHO IS BLIND CROSS THE STREET IN COLLEGE HILL, HE WASN’T DOING IT FOR CLICKS OR LIKES, BUT THE PICTURE BLEW UP ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> I WAS JUST HELPING THE ELDERLY, GIVING A HELPING HAND. THE KEY WORD IS HELPING HAND. EVERYBODY GOTTA GET A HELPING HAND. REPORTER: LIKE ANY OTHER DAY DONTARIUS WAS ON HIS PHONE, , PLAYING VIDEO GAMES WHILE WAITING FOR THE BUS WITH HIS YOUNGER SISTER DIAMOND. >> DIAMOND WAS LISTENING TO MUSIC, THEN SHE LOOKED OVER AND I LOOKED OVER TO SHE WHAT SHE WAS LOOKING AT. REPORTER: DIAMOND SAW THE WOMAN STRUGGLING TO PRESS THE BUTTON FOR THE CROSSWALK SIGN, AND IN TRUE LITTLE SISTER FASHION SHE , URGED DONTARIUS TO DO SOMETHING. >> I TOLD DONTARIUS THAT I THINK SHE’S BLIND, YOU SHOULD GO HELP HER. HE GOT UP AND WENT TO GO HELP HER ACROSS THE STREET TWO TIMES WHILE I WAITED FOR THE BUS TO COME. >> I SAID, “MA’AM DO YOU NEED SOME HELP?” AND SHE SAID “YES.” SHE GAVE ME HER HAND AND I, I HELD IT. REPORTER: THE BROTHER AND SISTER SAID WHAT THEY DID ISN’T SPECIAL, THEY WERE JUST RAISED TO DO THE RIGHT THING. >> IF YOU BE KIND, WHAT HAPPENS, HAPPENS TO YOU. STEVEN: THAT’S ASHLEY KIRKLEN REPORTING. BOTH OF THE STUDENTS ATTEND AIKEN HIGH SCHOOL, AND TODAY, DONTARIUS WAS GIVEN A KEY TO THE SCHOOL AS A REWARD FOR HIS ACT OF KIN

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In today's world, it's nice to know a simple act of kindness doesn't go unnoticed.When 15-year-old Dontarius Caldwell was snapped in a photo showing him helping a blind woman cross the street, he wasn't doing it for clicks or likes."I was just trying to help. I really didn't think I would be on camera," he told us Tuesday.A photo of the Aiken High School freshman went viral Tuesday, showing the young teen helping the woman at Hamilton Avenue in College Hill."I was just helping the elderly, giving a helping hand. The key word is helping hand. Everybody gotta get a helping hand," he said.Like any other day, Dontarius was on his phone and playing games while waiting on his school bus. He was waiting alongside his younger sister Diamond."Diamond was listening to music, then she looked over and I looked over to see what she was looking at," Dontarius recalled.Diamond saw the woman struggling to press the button for the crosswalk sign, and in true little sister fashion, she urged her brother to do something."I told Dontarius that I think she blind, you should get up and go help her, and he got up and went to go help her cross the street two times while I waited for the bus to come," said Diamond."I said, 'Ma'am do you need some help?' And she said, 'Yes.' She gave me her hand and I held it," Dontarius said.Dontarius said he didn't do anything special. He was just raised to do the right thing."If you be kind, what happens (to them) happens to you."Dontarius was given a key to the school as a reward for his kindness.