When it comes to professional athletes, we want our kids looking up to people who are role models both on the field and off.
For one mom this week, Mohamed Sanu was just that.
Mohamed Sanu Sr.
The Atlanta Falcons wide receiver and Rutgers alum was headed to New Jersey for a spring football game at his alma mater, when a woman seated behind him on the flight approached him with a letter.
She handed him a folded up piece of paper and told him to read it later, before walking away.
It turns out that while #12 spent his flight deep in his playbook, the family behind him spent their flight, deep in admiration.