Man, 84, finally gets to attend high school prom

[kahskye]

I thought this was worthy of a smile.

He arrived in style: a black limo, a sharp tuxedo, a beautiful date and with an adoring crowd waiting for him. Kenneth Smith, 84, attended the Chester High School prom on Thursday night — fashionably late. Decades late.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/06/06/national/a172301D20.DTL

 

[Blondieskatz]

:clap: Good for him!

Wonder if he took a date?

 

[teedie2]

LOL, read the OP.

 

[Autumn2004]

Aww how sweet, It stinks there was no photo I would love to see him dressed up with his date.

 

[Shazza]

Good on him, the old motto, "Your never too old" applies here thats for sure.:clap:

 

[Floh]

Aww how sweet, It stinks there was no photo I would love to see him dressed up with his date.

I found an unstinky article with a small photograph of he and his date: http://cbs3.com/local/kenneth.smith.prom.2.740895.html

click the pic and it gets bigger.

better still, watch him on video being interviewed.

 

[Ciara]

I love stories like this! Very heartwarming

 

[bracken123]

I think this is awesome.

My son participates in a prom put on by a church in Lexington KY for the elderly and handicapped - those folks have a blast, and so do the volunteers.

 

[MissHolmes]

How sweet, ahhh Glad he was able to do this.