Neighbors raise almost $40K for bullied boy who knocked on their door looking for friends in heartbreaking video
- A video posted to TikTok showed Shayden Walker knocking on his neighbors’ door in Amarillo, Texas last week looking for friends
- He explained that some children in the neighborhood were bullying him
- After posting the video, homeowner Brennan Ray and his wife decided to start an online fundraiser for the boy
A Texas couple has raised nearly $40,000 for a bullied boy who knocked on their door looking for some friends in a heartbreaking moment caught on a doorbell camera.
Brennan Ray and Angell Hammersmith started the GoFundMe last Wednesday hoping to make Shayden Walker’s summer after Ray posted the video.
It showed the boy approaching their Amarillo house and asking if they knew of any children between the ages of 11 and 12 because he ‘needs some friends really bad.’
The video has since been viewed more than 66million times, with TikTokers from across the world commenting that they hope he finds some ‘REAL friends soon’ and saying ‘I have never wanted to hug a kid so bad in my life.’
Walker’s stepfather now says Shayden’s a ‘totally different kid’ than he was just last week, while the young boy said in a video posted to his father’s TikTok page that ‘Y’all have touched my heart so much, it’s just literally to the point where I want to cry.’
