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  • Опубликовано: 19 авг 2024
  • As part of our continuing series "On the Road," Steve Hartman meets Jim Gagnon who's makes a genuine effort to reach out and touch someone. The 87-year-old retired salesman celebrates birthdays of people he doesn't even know. Steve Hartman reports.

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  • @JuukezeBarbie
    @JuukezeBarbie 10 лет назад +106

    What a genuine guy

  • @anitaweaver1380
    @anitaweaver1380 4 года назад +29

    An amazing story. This man chooses to bless someone's day by wishing them a happy birthday. A little love to show caring about others goes along way.

  • @tazmike523
    @tazmike523 3 года назад +12

    My Grandfather would call and sing happy birthday off key for each one of our family members and his friends birthdays. Since he died I've been carrying on the tradition. Birthdays are super important and should always be celebrates.

  • @muffs55mercury61
    @muffs55mercury61 3 года назад +6

    This guy is a machine of gratitude which is one of the best things a person can have. When you thank a lot, you get a lot in return.

  • @linedafelix8239
    @linedafelix8239 7 лет назад +100

    what a beautiful story. such a sweet man

  • @zedianerkatwishi8207
    @zedianerkatwishi8207 5 лет назад +77

    My patners cousin hasn't just been calling me on my birthday since 31 yrs, he also plays Harmonica to me on the phone when he calls. He is now 82 yrs old lives in Hamburg Germany

    • @indiashante1560
      @indiashante1560 5 лет назад +3

      That's awesome

    • @massimilianopieroni9235
      @massimilianopieroni9235 4 года назад +3

      aw sweet. I live in Hamburg as well. I have lived here for most of my near 17 year old life. (from 2009-2011) though I lived in Brussels, Belgium, but now since August 2011 I am back in Hamburg, I lived in Brussels for almost exactly 2 years.

    • @massimilianopieroni9235
      @massimilianopieroni9235 4 года назад +2

      I failed to mention that I was born here, but ig that is implied by what I wrote. I have an Italian name because my father is Italian, my mother is also German (born in a different region though in Germany)

    • @massimilianopieroni9235
      @massimilianopieroni9235 4 года назад +1

      well so I am German/Italian, I keep on. missing off some of the details it seems in my messages hehe, but they are ones I usually in some way imply by what I wrote previously hehe.

  • @lynnecarnivale5085
    @lynnecarnivale5085 5 лет назад +20

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THIS WONDERFUL GENTLEMAN! MAY GOD BLESS HIM. AMEN!

  • @nicholas8nj
    @nicholas8nj 4 года назад +6

    Amazing man since he was 21 wishing people a Happy Birthday 🎂. We always think why? I can only say there are few who can make this happen. Priceless😍😇🗽

  • @dmdm8018
    @dmdm8018 5 лет назад +15

    I usually hit cancel when my smartphone reminds of contacts birthday. But this awesome man, what can I say?! Awesome story and man.

  • @thomasdelaney9998
    @thomasdelaney9998 3 года назад +3

    I was LUCKY enough to meet Jim about 5 years ago. I spent New Years Eve with him for a few hours. He has called me every year since then. CBS should do another story about Jim. His story is truly wonderful😬. His birthday is January 4th

    • @Runner8617
      @Runner8617 3 года назад +2

      Good to know! Thanks for sharing! My question is: how do people who just met this guy have the trust to just give a stranger their phone number?? And not just one person, but hundreds of people just give their phone number to a complete stranger?? He must convince people somehow??

    • @thomasdelaney9998
      @thomasdelaney9998 3 года назад +2

      He was a headstone salesman. So people would call looking for a headstone. Back then when people married for life, they would print the deceased and the alive person on the headstone. So he knew their phone number and birthday. He just asked me if he could have my phone number and birthday. I kinda was weirded out for a second or two until he explained what he had been doing for the last 30 years. He has bible sized books with names and phone numbers in them. It’s crazy! And he remembers everything about you. He doesn’t have notes next to your name.

    • @ninettehalpin2779
      @ninettehalpin2779 3 года назад +1

      @@thomasdelaney9998
      What an Amazing Man! I'm so moved by his remarkably enormous & generous heart.

  • @shygirlnow2011
    @shygirlnow2011 5 лет назад +33

    NOW, this is something I could do with just my friends even! I hate how old people are ignored in the usa.

  • @lisahoffman9019
    @lisahoffman9019 4 года назад +2

    What a sweet man. I hope he gets calls on his birthday also.

  • @musicman76enator
    @musicman76enator 5 лет назад +10

    What a wonderful story. :-)

  • @katiec4947
    @katiec4947 5 лет назад +4

    Beautiful! Gosh, someone needs to be the honorary ‘next man/woman’ to carry the torch! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

  • @poodlegirl55
    @poodlegirl55 5 лет назад +5

    I wish we knew Jim's birthday. I want to call him. I hope people do!! A lady at my local bank calls all the customers on their birthdays. I enjoy getting the call.

  • @atrumphasmatis6719
    @atrumphasmatis6719 5 лет назад +77

    What's his birthday? I would call him.

  • @kaiyalower3470
    @kaiyalower3470 4 года назад +7

    “I gotta have your birthdays”😂😂

  • @thedarci1368
    @thedarci1368 10 лет назад +110

    Wish he would call me on my birthday no one does:(

  • @violettaazul
    @violettaazul 5 лет назад +6

    I love him ❤

  • @salmahmohamed6048
    @salmahmohamed6048 6 лет назад +29

    Oh man.. what IS IT about Ohio? I need to move there....

    • @Kookie_Kay
      @Kookie_Kay 4 года назад +2

      Salmah Mohamed i used to live there. Its a lot of corn...

    • @muffs55mercury61
      @muffs55mercury61 3 года назад

      I lived there for 10 years. The people are generally good (far better than my former home state of Arizona) Long cold winters but one generally gets used to it.

  • @asap855
    @asap855 4 года назад +1

    I just love this man 👨

  • @MsGiJo7
    @MsGiJo7 5 лет назад +1

    How cute is this guy!!!

  • @elizabethvelez6966
    @elizabethvelez6966 4 года назад

    Adorable man !!!

  • @afung89
    @afung89 10 лет назад +21

    The Facebook man! :D

  • @AneesaHa
    @AneesaHa 5 лет назад +6

    That's a beautiful gesture

  • @dorabellapharah9754
    @dorabellapharah9754 5 лет назад +4

    Hey Ohio man I don't know your number but Happy Birthday!

  • @EdDavis-xd1hc
    @EdDavis-xd1hc Год назад

    Steve Hartman heals everything

  • @BosisofSweden
    @BosisofSweden 3 года назад +1

    Steve Hartman's "On the Road" is seriously as good as a small documentary can be.
    There are only a few others in the world on the same level and that is Oddgeir Bruaset and Sweden's Tom Alandh.

  • @sensen418
    @sensen418 4 года назад +2

    Now I want to call this man on his Birthday

  • @cordiakateta5824
    @cordiakateta5824 5 лет назад +4

    There are really saints in this world. While I sometime forget my friends birthday

  • @jimwerther
    @jimwerther Год назад

    Jim Gagnon passed away Sep 13, 2022, at age 95. Rest In Peace, good man.

  • @Runner8617
    @Runner8617 3 года назад +2

    My question is: how does he convince people he just met to give him their phone numbers?🤔🤔

  • @taramarcelle1706
    @taramarcelle1706 3 года назад

    Even though he may not most of the people 😂 he's doing a great deed. Reminds me of myself but I know d folks I call. Keep up.

  • @ginamarie3343
    @ginamarie3343 3 года назад

    Omg I love it!!!

  • @danjasfer
    @danjasfer 4 года назад +1

    I hope i'd get a call from him on my birthday because my family sometimes don't greet me on my birthday. 🙏🏻😔

  • @meggrotte4760
    @meggrotte4760 2 года назад +1

    To be honest if I got a call from him I'd love to keep in touch with him he seems like a nice guy and I'm sure he's got lots of cool stories

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther Год назад

      His birthday was January 4. Alas, he passed away on Sep 13, 2022, at age 95.

  • @IM_ACID
    @IM_ACID 4 года назад +1

    Call me anytime I’m just a alone 17 year old lol

  • @sarahjayne1620
    @sarahjayne1620 5 лет назад +1

    Whether he knows these people or not hes doing genuine good. Some of these people probably dont speak to a soul for prolonged periods of time. What a kind generous man.

  • @sweetbeeluvera1450
    @sweetbeeluvera1450 4 года назад +2

    I still don't get how these videos have dislikes like what kind of human are you?

  • @taramarcelle1706
    @taramarcelle1706 4 года назад

    Go Jim so do
    I keep up, glad to know someone else like me.

  • @lolak953
    @lolak953 5 лет назад +1

    How SWEEEET!!

  • @debrabaker549
    @debrabaker549 Год назад +1

    Jim is my great Grandpapa and unfortunately he passed away

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther Год назад

      I resd that he passed away on Sep 13, 2022, at age 95. What a wonderful man! Can you share any stories with us?

  • @jamesburton1050
    @jamesburton1050 3 года назад

    Hope everyone here is still doing well!!

  • @Brucev7
    @Brucev7 3 года назад

    Well Done Good and Faithful Servant. Matthew 25:21

  • @MEGAFATG
    @MEGAFATG 4 года назад

    Awesome.

  • @ufcprodigy7485
    @ufcprodigy7485 4 года назад

    Bless this man through god

  • @irenetaitano6971
    @irenetaitano6971 6 лет назад +4

    Hafa Adai from Guam USA

  • @DiyintheGhetto
    @DiyintheGhetto 4 года назад

    I wish he would call me as well. I wonder what his phone call bill looks like? Hehe

  • @meggrotte4760
    @meggrotte4760 2 года назад

    No I tried to live by those two girls love thy neighbor as yourself I love your God with all your heart mind and soul.
    The second part is not always easy there are times where you get discouraged and you feel like you can't continue with whatever you're going through but after 18 years of serving in Taiwan I trust that my faith in God is because of Jesus

  • @saraparker184
    @saraparker184 Год назад

    starts at 0:11

  • @dennisgotcher5169
    @dennisgotcher5169 3 года назад

    I wonder if anyone calls him in his birthday...🤔

  • @loco4331
    @loco4331 4 года назад

    Can't believe they got cameras on both lines of the phone call, going to stranger's addresses, HOW?!

  • @taurustaurus7360
    @taurustaurus7360 5 лет назад

    April 25th.... looking forward to a call next year

  • @Happybidr
    @Happybidr 3 года назад

    I wish I was like this. Really. I consider it a fault of mine.

  • @meggrotte3081
    @meggrotte3081 4 года назад

    Don't worry pal. I am sure Jesus know:) That is a cool ministry by the way:) I live in Taiwan and I serving well whatever way is needed.

  • @boatsie
    @boatsie 5 лет назад +1

    Does everyone call him on his birthday??

  • @desimalsea2264
    @desimalsea2264 5 лет назад

    Love the neighbour...dont get cough...

  • @thomasdelaney9998
    @thomasdelaney9998 2 года назад

    I did not receive a phone call from Jim this year. I haven’t been able to find his obituary anywhere online. I hope he is well, but maybe he is gone.

    • @jimwerther
      @jimwerther Год назад

      He was sick when you wrote this comment, and passed away on Sep 13, 2022, at age 95.

  • @marcosrivera6424
    @marcosrivera6424 3 года назад

    Ya

  • @sweetbeeluvera1450
    @sweetbeeluvera1450 4 года назад

    Who else feels like they should start doing something good or great for other people after watching the shows?

  • @ryanawilson8549
    @ryanawilson8549 5 лет назад +1

    I have the same phone

  • @sosick5163
    @sosick5163 3 года назад

    When is his bday