Local 'Mom-Mom' gets first bike ride at 88

Monday, July 9, 2018
ROYERSFORD, Pa. (WPVI) -- It's a video that proves age is just a number, and with a little creativity anything is possible.

At 88-years-young, Pauline Tornetta of Royersford, Pa. enjoyed her very first bicycle ride, pulled along by her grandson on the Schuylkill River Trail.
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Tornetta, affectionately known as "Mom-Mom," always said that all she ever wanted for her birthday was a bicycle, but that she never got one.

Her granddaughter-in-law says her husband, Andrew, got to work trying to find a way for his grandma to get that bike.

He got an old tricycle and adjusted it to create a tandem setup to his mountain bike - welding all of the pieces by hand.

His wife, Sarah, says it took him two weeks. But the look on Mom-Mom's face during that inaugural ride made every minute worth it.
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The family says they hope their story inspires others to inject kindness into every day!



When we asked permission to share their story, they said this: "All WE ask is that you do something kind for someone else. Always pay it forward."

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