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Everyday Heroes Come Face to Face with Their Biggest Little Fan

Two-year-old Quincy Kroner knows a thing or two about heroes. He watches his heroes from the living room window of his Cincinnati home every Friday afternoon. That’s when AFSCME Local 250 sanitation workers Mark Davis and Eric Washington drive by in their garbage truck and collect trash from his street.
Everyday Heroes Come Face to Face with Their Biggest Little Fan
By David Patterson ·
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Everyday Heroes Come Face to Face with Their Biggest Little Fan
Two-year-old Quincy Kroner watches his heroes from the living room window of his Cincinnati home every Friday afternoon. That’s when AFSCME sanitation workers Mark Davis and Eric Washington drive by in their garbage truck.

Two-year-old Quincy Kroner knows a thing or two about heroes. He watches his heroes from the living room window of his Cincinnati home every Friday afternoon. That’s when AFSCME Local 250 sanitation workers Mark Davis and Eric Washington drive by in their garbage truck and collect trash from his street. 

Usually Quincy and the workers just exchange waves, but last week their friendship went viral. When Quincy’s parents got him a brand new toy garbage truck as a reward for successfully potty training, he was anxious to show off his new toy. So he and his dad stepped out to meet his heroes face to face.

But when the big moment came, Quincy was so excited he burst into tears. “He is a pretty shy guy, he generally has to warm up around strangers,” his dad, Ollie Kroner, told BuzzFeed News. “But it doesn’t take long before he wants to talk trucks!”

The photo his dad snapped of that moment and posted on Facebook quickly captured the Internet’s attention. With millions of views and likes already, Quincy and his AFSCME heroes are now an online phenomenon, even catching a mention on ABC’s Good Morning America.

“I can’t believe how popular the photo has been,” Kroner said. “I was disappointed that I didn’t catch him grinning in his big moment. But what can you do? It was a great photo in a different kind of way.”

Sometimes it takes a 2-year-old to remind us all what a hero really is. It’s not about magic capes or superpowers. It’s about hard work, dependability and doing something that makes our communities better places to live. We get it, Quincy! We think sanitation workers are a big deal too.

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