How a facebook post got a stolen Ipad back

I just came across something rather heartwarming on my friend Kate’s Facebook page. There was a picture of a man with CP; underneath, a message asked everyone to share it, explaining that the author of the post, the boys mum, had posted previously about her son’s Ipad being stolen. It had been taken from him at Cadbury World in Barcelona, but the thief had seen the post and returned the ipad. ”The thief had a change of heart and has returned it to Cadbury World’s head office in Barcelona! They have just called his dad to confirm it’s not damaged and they are returning it to us this week”. That really made me smile. The boy obviously was using his Ipad as a communication aid, as I do, and I know what it feels like to have one of those stolen. The thief must have realised how vital the Ipad was to him. I’m glad to see he had a conscious – if only every such case ended like this. The post ends by saying that this goes to show that ‘people power’ works; it also demonstrates that posts like this on facebook can achieve results after all.

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