Earlier, we posted about a young man who was photographed walking to a bus stop to get to his graduation. The photo was posted online, and has since gone viral across the nation.
A lot of people, including myself, wanted to know who this amazing young man in the photo was, and after a couple thousand shares, he has been identified as Corey Patrick, a 2018 graduate from Tarrant High School.
“I was happy on that day,” Corey said.
Corey spoke with Fox 6 News and said that his family didn’t have the transportation to get him there, but he wasn’t going to let that stop him.
“I told Corey, well the best thing to do is just get on the bus and we will work from there,” Corey’s mother Felicia White said.
His family was able to eventually find a ride to his graduation.
“He’s a great young man. He’s very quiet, reserved, humble and he gets a little hardheaded sometimes, but he’s a very obedient child and I’m proud of Corey,” Felicia said .
What makes this story even more powerful is the fact Corey has been making that walk to the bus stop pretty much his whole senior year
“I had to do what was necessary for me to walk this year,” he said.
He recently moved to West End after attending Tarrant City Schools since 4th grade. His mom said he wanted to finish his senior year up with his friends.
“Corey was getting up at 4:30 in the morning and had to be at the bus stop at 5:41 in the morning for the last year. Even when he would get out of school he couldn’t get from that side of town until 5:19 pm when the bus runs back over there. So he doesn’t make it back this way until about 6:30 pm or 7 o’clock,” his mom said.
“I would just like to say thank you to everyone who is supporting Corey and supporting me and I really appreciate it,” said White.
Corey’s story touched many, and on The Rickey Smiley morning show, Tyrese and Da Brat announced that they will be getting him a car!
