“Make
a plan to make it home. Your friends are counting on you,” says the ad, which has
racked more than 6.3 million views since being uploaded to YouTube on Friday.
What an
excellent message.
When
cops showed up at their doorway, this Portland, Oregon, couple couldn't help
but laugh -- and for a very good reason.
After
a Pizza Hut
driver was injured in a car crash on his way to a delivery earlier
this month, Officers Royce Curtiss and Michael Filbert, who responded to the
accident, offered to finish the job for him. They brought the pizza to
surprised customers Steve and Ginger Huckins, who knew they needed to
commemorate the moment, KOIN6 reported.
"They turned to
leave and I said, 'Wait, I want a picture. Nobody will believe me
that the police would deliver that pizza,'" Steve told Today.com. The
couple then shared the picture on social media.
Steve
said that he was happy to post the photo so the cops could receive some praise
for their simple act of kindness.
"I
wanted these officers to get a little bit of a recognition because they
went above and beyond, because I feel
police get criticized too much," Steve told Fox12.
The
Huckinses had already received a hand-delivered pizza from the restaurant
manager after their food hadn't showed up, and were just about to dig into
their meal when the officers arrived with the original pie, KOIN6 reported.
"We just started
laughing," Steve told Fox12 of his initial reaction after
seeing law enforcement holding a pizza.
Though
Steve says he isn't looking for attention from the photo, he hopes that the
buzz will spotlight the good that officers do.
"It exploded,"
Huckins told Today.com. "I’m just amazed. I’m just a 40-hour-a-week
working man. I don’t want the attention. The cops deserve it."
And
as for the deliveryman, he hurt his back and neck in the crash but is going to be OK.
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