Free Hugs Campaign
You must take 3 minutes out of your day and watch this once…or perhaps twice! For background on the video, see the news clip here.
Hats off to this Juan Mann, the “Free Hug Guy.” Also, hats off to the Sick Puppies lead singer, who created this documentary on a whim after seeing this guy in the mall day after day. It has been a runaway success with over 4 million views on YouTube alone in only one month. Millions more viewed the video when it was played on Good Morning America! They deserve all the attention they can get.
The Syndey Herald has some more insight into the story:
The hit video came about after a meeting – and a hug – more than a year ago with the lead singer of the Sick Puppies, a Sydney band made up of three former Mosman High School students.
The singer, Shimon Moore, was working odd jobs by day and playing gigs by night.
“I was one of those guys in Pitt Street Mall with a sandwich board advertising a shoe sale,” Moore told smh.com.au today.
The two became mates, and Moore borrowed his father’s video camera to shoot footage of the hug man at work.
Personally, I’d love to see more insipring stories like this get media coverage than have to deal with lonelygirl15 recaps and rants from bored entertainment gossip columnists and uninspired radio DJs.
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