{"id":283311,"date":"2026-05-07T20:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283311\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T20:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:13:09","slug":"texas-man-saves-teenagers-prom-night-with-a-quick-lesson-in-tying-a-necktie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/283311\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas man saves teenager\u2019s prom night with a quick lesson in tying a necktie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ordvmv602klfhhkd.jpg\" alt=\"North Texas Man Helps Teen With Prom Tie\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">PLANO, Texas &#8211; A moment of pre-prom panic turned into a heartwarming display of community spirit Thursday after a Plano man stepped in to help a teenager struggling with his necktie.<\/p>\n<p>   Heartwarming video <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The backstory:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The encounter, captured on video by Amanda Lawrence, took place as students across the city prepared for prom night photos. Lawrence said she and her husband were stopped by a woman who noticed the young man was unable to properly knot his tie before the big event.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;A woman flagged us down and asked if we could help, and my husband stepped up,&#8221; Lawrence told Storyful.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The footage shows Lawrence\u2019s husband calmly guiding the teenager through the process, ensuring the formal attire was photo-ready. The video has since gained traction on social media, with viewers praising the small but significant act of mentorship.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">The exchange happened in Plano, where local high schools are currently celebrating the height of prom season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: Information in this article is from Storyful.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/viral\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Viral<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/technology\/social-media\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Social Media<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/collin-county\/plano\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Plano<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLANO, Texas &#8211; A moment of pre-prom panic turned into a heartwarming display of community spirit Thursday after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283312,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[960,223,160,702,3621,27,29,28,216,393,1711],"class_list":["post-283311","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-collin-county","tag-news","tag-plano","tag-social-media","tag-technology","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us","tag-viral"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283311"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283311\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283312"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283311"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283311"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}