Cooper Kupp meets up with TikTok-famous WWII veteran earlier than Panthers-Rams

INGLEWOOD, California — As Cooper Kupp ran to the sideline, 97-year-old World Struggle II veteran William Goode’s eyes lit up.

Goode’s story not too long ago went viral when TikTok influencer Isaiah Garza filmed a video of the pair going to Disneyland collectively. As of Sunday, the video has been seen greater than 16 million instances. A kind of views was Kupp, who is aware of Garza as a result of they’re each from Yakima, Washington.

Kupp invited Goode and Garza to the Los Angeles Rams’ Week 6 sport towards the Carolina Panthers and had the chance to fulfill up with each males earlier than the sport. Kupp stated final week that he thought it was type of Garza to do one thing good for Goode, and when he heard Goode was a Rams fan, he wished to ask him to the sport.

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“[Kupp is] a particular human being and it reveals that he has an enormous coronary heart,” Garza stated.

When Garza advised Goode he was going to fulfill Kupp, Goode burst right into a smile.

“Oh my gosh,” Goode stated. “He is one of the best. I do not consider it.”

Garza stated they got here up with the concept for the preliminary video the place they took Goode to Disneyland as a result of they wished to make a senior citizen smile.

“I believe lots of people, veterans, senior residents, they’re overlooked so much in life,” Garza stated. “And I believe they deserve a second likelihood. And I simply need to be that particular person to make him really feel like he has a second likelihood at life. And despite the fact that he is this age, he would not really feel this age. And I really feel like I simply need to make him really feel like he has life again in him and a few soul again in him.”

As Kupp ran again onto the sector for warm-ups, Goode seemed across the sideline.

“I will always remember that,” he stated.