The boy said he wanted to give flowers to people "who looked sad" to cheer them up.

“When I caught up to him and his mom, they were just leaving and they said they were headed from the mall to the hospital to delivery more roses,” KIRO 7 photographer Terry Griffin wrote on Facebook.

“I shook the little guys hand and told him he was an awesome kid and that I was really impressed with him,” Griffin wrote. “(His) gift made my day a little bit brighter.”

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Passengers wait at a Delta check-in counter at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport domestic terminal on Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, the first day of the Federal Aviation Administration cutting flight capacity at airports during the government shutdown. (Arvin Temkar/AJC)

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