This is the moment a stroke victim hugged his two grandsons with both arms for the first time after the condition left him unable to use one arm.
Granddad Kevin Eubanks, 60, from Arkansas in the US, can be seen bursting out in tears as he holds his grandchildren Cope, nine and Rigney, 6, with a stretchy wristband tool that allowed him to link both arms together.
Kevin lost control of his left arm after a near-fatal stroke in 2014 which temporarily paralysed one half of his body, ABCNews reports.
Describing the "overwhelming" moment on Good Morning America, Kevin said: “It caught me off guard and as you can tell, it was very emotional for me because the family I grew up in, we always love to hug each other with both arms and it's what we call giving a bear hug, and that is just something that I hadn't been able to do since my stroke."
He added: “I got to hug my second one, Rigney, which was born after my stroke.
"The realisation really hit me then that this is the first time I've got to hug him like that with two arms.
"And I just could not control it then. I just cried and cried and cried.”
After his narrow escape, Kevin worked hard with occupational therapists to regain his strength.
His daughter, Emily Sisco, who became an occupational therapist professor after being inspired by the professionals helping her father, shared the video on Facebook before it went viral - reaching almost five million views in just five weeks.
The stretchy wristband tool Kevin used to hug the boys is the "HugAgain" - a prototype developed by Emily's students at Arkansas State University.
The "HugAgain" was initially developed as a classroom assignment that Emily set using her father's own life-story.
After the video's viral success, the team of students received messages from across the world asking for more information.
They've now perfected the design and plan to sell it.
Kevin heaped praise on the device and told people to never "underestimate the effect of a touch".
He went on to say handshakes, hugs or "just putting your arm around somebody" sends a message of love to another person - which can transform a "person's confidence and mindset".
