During the Kentucky Derby Protests, a national guardsman was found on camera kneeling with a 5-year-old boy in prayer. The powerful moment reportedly brought “strength” to the soldiers there.
The national guardsman, Dan Otterson, told Fox News that he was in tears. “God sent a 5-year old boy to strengthen soldiers, and that’s something you can’t ever replicate,” he said.
After the prayer, Otterson went to talk with fellow soldiers about the interaction. He also posted a photo of him praying with the 5-year-old on his Facebook account, with a long explanation of what happened and why it came at a time that truly mattered for him and others. So far it has been shared nearly 600 times.
On his Facebook post, Otterson noted that his military unit had been regularly sent out to assist the local police department with monitoring heavily armed protestors and counter-protestors. One day, amid a crowd of protestors, Otterson noticed “an older black lady who had 3 very small children with her. She hung towards the back, was quiet, not saying anything towards my team or LMPD and waited for the majority of the protestors to thin out.”
Otterson then shared that “The lady approached our fence line and said that the youngest boy … wanted to pray for us.
“I could see he was timid so I approached him, got down on one knee, introduced myself and asked if he wanted to pray. What…
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