Heartwarming reunion of 53-year-old man with down syndrome and his 88-year old father went viral!

Over 131 million babies are born each year and thousands of those babies are born with a Down Syndrome. This occurs when the cells of baby does not divide properly and child ends up having 47 chromosomes instead of having only 46 in each cell.

Nowadays, it has been found that older women who are pregnant are most likely to having a child with down syndrome. But with today's technology, it can be detected early whether their child had down syndrome.

People with down syndrome share some similar characteristics and behavior. Some of the people who have this may be incredibly affectionate as well.

A video of a 53-year-old man with down syndrome reuniting with his 88-year-old dad went viral recently. At first the man with down syndrome was calmly going down from the escalator but when he saw his father waiting for him, he immidiately got excited and basically ran to his dad to hug and kiss him.

The Heartwarming moment between the father and son earned millions of views and thousands of shares, reactions and comments from the netizens.

Watch the video:

Heart melting moment a father, 88, is reunited with his down syndrome son, 53, after a spending a week apart for the first time ever. 😍
Posted by Bobby Schuller on Sunday, August 26, 2018

Source: Facebook