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Photo Of Elderly Man Teaching Youngster To Tie Necktie Goes Viral

(CBSLA.com) — A heartwarming picture of an elderly man teaching a youngster how to tie his necktie has gone viral.

The young man was sitting on a subway bench in Atlanta struggling to get it tied.

The man's wife saw and encouraged her husband to help.

He went over and showed him step-by-step.

The photograph was posted to Facebook and has been liked more than 300,000 times.

Back in August, a pair of LAPD officers got a social media "shout-out" from a Boyle Heights mom after they helped her teenage son with his necktie for his first day back at school.

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