Benedicto was 91 years old and was in an intensive care unit in Brazil. The doctors did not expect him to hold on. But he still had something left to do.
For several days he held on. Not to life itself, but to that moment that had not yet arrived: to see his wife again. When she entered the room, Benedicto brought his hands to his face. And with the voice he had left, he said to her: “Hello, my love”. A few seconds later, he was gone.
His niece recorded and posted the video, which went viral all over the world. It is not hard to understand why. Because there is something in those four words — spoken like that, with everything — that reminds you what being alive is really for. ❤️
