Dozens of cops and firefighters flock to autistic boy's birthday party after his heartbroken mom revealed none of his classmates turned up

Found this heartwarming story on Mail Online about how

classmates of a young autistic boy refused to turn up for his

6th birthday party and after his heartbroken mum revealed it

on Facebook, dozens of fire-fighters, police and people in his

community turned up at his home to make it a birthday he'd

never forget. Read full story below...

Ashlee Buratti, of St. Cloud, Florida, had invited her son

Glenn's class of 16 children to his birthday on February

8, and when no one showed up, he was devastated.

Though no one RSVP'd, Buratti and her husband John

Buratti were 'still holding on to the hope that some of

them would show up' to the party for her son, who has

epilepsy and a mild form of autism.

'From the minute he woke up that day he wanted to know

how many minutes until his friends came,' Buratti, 25,

said, adding that his eyes filled with tears when he

learned no one was coming.The mother-of-three posted on a locally run Facebook page

with more than 10,000 members titled, Osceola Rants, Raves
and Reviews List, to express her frustration, according to
the Osceola News-Gazette.
'I know this might be something silly to rant about, but my
heart is breaking for my son. We invited his whole class (16
kids) over for his 6th birthday party today. Not one kid came,'
she posted.
And when other group members saw the post they sent Buratti
messages asking if they could bring their own kids to Glenn's
party to celebrate.
The message even reached staff from the
Osceola County Sheriff's Office, who asked for the family's
address and said a helicopter would fly over their St. Cloud
home.
The helicopter came to the house within an hour, and the pilot
flew low enough that Glenn could see him waving.
Glenn, who loves public safety and law enforcement, was
overjoyed with the party, and his mom said that though he is
usually shy, he took to his new friends like he'd known them all
his life.
'In general, deputies have big hearts - they thought about
their own kids and wanted to make this boy happy because it
was such a sad situation,' Buratti told Today.
In total, about 15 kids and 25 adults showed up to celebrate
and eat cake, give gifts to Glenn and play in a bounce house brought the birthday boy a bike, while others
brought toys. Buratti said one man came to the party with a
camera and took pictures he later gave to the family.
'It was just amazing. The people who came out were so
awesome,' Buratti told the Osceola News-Gazette.
And Glenn's birthday celebration didn't end on Sunday -
several crews from the Sheriff's Office and Osceola County
Fire Rescue stopped by the family's home on Wednesday.
Though Buratti knew the crews were coming, she left it a
surprise for her son to see as they were on their way home
from school.
'We got to the stop sign by our house and Glenn was like, "The
fire truck's at our house!" I said, "It's okay, they're there to
tell you happy birthday,"' Buratti told CBS News.
They all wished him a happy birthday, gave him tours of their
fire truck, squad cars, motorcycles and a SWAT vehicle and
showered him with more gifts.
'And to think, all this happened because nobody showed up to
his birthday,' Buratti wrote online. 'Thank you, thank you,
thank you.'

 

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