This story is NSFW, but for a different reason than usual: You will burst into tears in front of your coworkers and have to go home for the day. Are you ready? Are you alone?
Mario, a 54-year-old maintenance worker at聽Rotterdam鈥檚 聽in Holland, is suffering from terminal cancer. His last wish was to say goodbye to the animals. With the help of a charity organization called the Ambulance Wish Foundation, Mario was wheeled into the giraffe鈥檚 habitat鈥攖he place he cleaned every day for his entire career鈥攁nd one of the animals, almost knowingly,聽.
鈥淭hese animals recognized him, and felt that things weren鈥檛 going well with him,鈥 says Kees Veldboer, the charity’s founder. 鈥淚t was a very special moment. You saw him beaming.鈥
What? Crying? I鈥檓 not crying! It鈥檚 allergies!