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WATCH: Video of man buying all the roses on the subway resurfaces 2 years later, goes viral

Cape Town - Back in 2013 a kind man bought a subway flower selller's entire supply of roses then asked her to hand them out to people.

A fellow passenger had her smartphone handy and filmed the entire, heartwarming incident. 

It shows the suave young man, asking the flower seller how many roses she has and when she tells him there are 140, he asks if he can buy the entire bunch for $140 and then hands her cash.

Hesitant at first, she finally accepts the money and then he gives her these conditions:

"Don't sell any of them. Just hand them out today. Just give them to everybody."

Before she has time to protest, it's the next stop and the man gets off. 

Watch the video here

Like a myriad YouTube videos out there it just sort of slipped under the radar and disappeared. 

However, two years down the line, the sweet footage is finally receiving the attention it deserves, as the link was posted to Reddit and picked up by news sources around the world. 

Somehow the sweet video surfaced online recently and is finally getting the attention it deserves.

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