Heartwarming footage captures a little girl running into the arms of a pretzel peddler who parks his cart outside her New York City school and giving him a bear hug after being on vacation for a week.
The child can be seen rushing down the sidewalk toward the street worker, who is standing next to his food cart. He then bends down to return her tight hug.
The cart vendor smiles at the girl’s mom as she records the encounter, which she shared online, noting her daughter’s excitement at seeing the local “pretzel man” after she’d been on vacation and “missing him for a week.
“The sweetest pretzel man: he parks his cart outside of my daughter’s school and she loves giving him high fives when she walks by,” her mom wrote in the caption of the video.
“She was on vacation for a week and missed him. When I picked her up from school today, she literally ran into his arms,” the mom added.
The viral video, posted to TikTok last week by BasicallySoho, a New York City mom who owns a luxury baby sleepwear brand by the same name, quickly gained more than 2 million views.
The sweet post received hundreds of comments from fellow New Yorkers, many expressing that they also share a special bond with their neighborhood food stand vendor.
“I got emotional when I had to say goodbye to my coffee cart man when I moved from NYC. They become stitches in the fabric of your daily life,” one person wrote.
Another chimed in, “This is exactly how I think New York kids grow up. Favorite vendor since childhood, same bodega spot so cute.”
BasicallySoho did not immediately return a Post request for comment Sunday.
