Four 14-year-old boys push a pensioner, 90, and his broken-down mobility scooter for a MILE to get him home – then refuse the fiver he offered them to say thanks
- The boys saw 90-year-old Alan Stanyon struggling with his scooter on way home
- The teenagers, all aged 14, attend the Magna Academy school in Poole, Dorset
- Mr Stanyon said that he offered the boys all a fiver after but they didn’t accept it
Four schoolboys who pushed a pensioner on his mobility scooter one mile home after his buggy ran out of battery have been praised.
Harley Donworth-Kent, Kaden Rocha, Finlay Hamilton and Jack Murphy saw 90-year-old Alan Stanyon struggling with his scooter as they walked home from school.
The boys, all aged 14, offered their assistance and put their backs into pushing the buggy with Mr Stanyon sat on it for a mile all the way to his house in Poole, Dorset.
Pensioner Alan Stanyon with pupils (from left to right) Jack Murphy, Harley Donworth-Kent, Finlay Hamilton and Kaden Rocha who helped him get home
The route that the boys took to get Mr Stanyon safely home in Poole, Dorset
The teenagers attend the Magna Academy school in Poole and their headteacher praised them for their kindly act.
Mr Stanyon said: ‘Four lads from the school saw me pushing my scooter and came along and pushed it for me all the way home.
‘I was struggling and they offered to help and I was willing to let them. They even pushed it with me on it.
‘I offered them all a fiver but they didn’t accept.’
The teenagers (pictured) attend the Magna Academy school in Poole and their headteacher praised them for their kindly act
Jack said: ‘He was just so happy that we had come over to help. He said that the battery in his electric scooter had died.
‘It took us about half an hour to push him home.’
Friend Kaden added: ‘It was the right thing to do to help him. If you see someone that needs help, it’s a natural thing to do.
‘We could see he was struggling and it was important to check to make sure he was ok. We dropped him off home and made sure he got inside ok.’
Mr Stanyon (pictured on his mobility scooter) said that he offered the boys all a fiver after but they didn’t accept it
Acting headteacher of Magna Academy, Adam Potter, expressed how proud the school was of the year 10 pupils.
Mr Potter commented: ‘It is great to hear from our local community about Magna pupils helping those in need.
‘It is especially uplifting for our pupils to be recognised for such acts of kindness, we are very proud of them.’
One of Mr Stanyon’s neighbours, Diana Down, heaped praise on the kindness of the boys, saying that too often teenagers get a bad reputation, but these four pupils did their school and their parents proud.