PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — Amid the March Madness excitement in South Philadelphia, one mom is going viral for a different kind of “assist,” and it’s resonating with parents everywhere.
“I have to be honest, I’m not sure he got back, and I just want to make sure that as a parent, and someone who cares, that he got back to his dorm safely,” Rachel Blogg said in her TikTok video.
Blogg posted the video this week after helping a Penn student named Luke get back to campus following the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
She said Uber and Lyft rides were hard to find after the game, and while waiting for her own rideshare, she came across the stranded student whose phone had died.
Blogg said she ordered Luke a Lyft before heading to her hotel, but when the driver couldn’t find him, she went into full mommode. She took to TikTok to make sure he made it back safely and even contacted Penn police the next day.
Luke’s parents later found the video and thanked her in the comments. It’s a message that touched Blogg and contributed to the clip going viral.
“It was just, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you! Luke is my son,'” Blogg said. “He was genuinely so appreciative.”
Blogg said helping Luke felt natural as a parent herself.
“I have two college boys, 21 and 22, a junior and a senior in college. My oldest went to college out of state. I don’t know. It didn’t even cross my mind to not do it,” she said.
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