According to People magazine, retired children's librarian "Miss Connie" fondly remembers helping young Denzel Washington during his visits to New York's Mount Vernon Public Library some 50 years ago.
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Fast-forward to 2016. For Miss Connie's 99th birthday, her friends at Atria Senior Living in Marietta, Georgia, wanted to do something special, so they got in touch with Washington to see if he could call or visit.
Reddit user metalgamer, a grandchild of Miss Connie, described what happened next in a post last week:
"He ended up calling and talking to her on her birthday," metalgamer wrote. "On the call, he said he would be in our city in December and would stop by and voila here he is!"
"He was so nice and caring," the Reddit post continued. "Laughing with her and holding her hand like he was old friends with her. He teared up a few times seeing the love and respect she showed for him. She knits a scarf a day and gave him three for him, his wife, and his mother. My mom and I were there with him and my grandma and it was such a cool experience. He kept saying with his publicist 'this is what it's all about.'"
People reported that Miss Connie made scarves for Washington and his wife. Washington returned the favor by giving her and her family members tickets to an Atlanta screening of his new film, "Fences."
– The Cox Media Group National Content Desk contributed to this report.
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