Twitter comes together to wish boy with multiple sclerosis a Happy Birthday

A heartwarming incident came to light when a Twitter user Adam Goldberg tweeted on February 24 announcing that his birthday was on February 26. He added that nothing would make him happier than a "complete stranger" wishing him  Happy Birthday. Goldberg who hails from Ottawa, Canada wanted to see how many of his 378 followers and strangers will be wishing him this year. 

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Goldberg raised donations to fight illness

After some time Adam again tweeted the same message to convey that his followers had increased to 382. But surprisingly, this time the number of likes on the tweet had increased from a mere 495 to 100.6K. Goldberg again came up with his new tweet informing his new followers that within four hours he has managed to receive more than 200 new followers. Goldberg who is also a Multiple Sclerosis patient raised donations to fight the disease. When people poured in messages to wish him a happy birthday, this time he tweeted again asking for people to donate to his MS Walk Campaign.

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Over $1,500 has been raised

He thanked his new followers for wishing him. Goldberg then added how he felt and added that he did not expect his birthday to actually trend. He also mentioned that it was his best birthday ever. He also uploaded the screenshot of ‘Happy Birthday Adam’ trending on number 1 amongst the trends in Ottawa. In his final tweet, he wrote that he garnered nearly 10,000 followers; and added that over $1,500 has been raised for the Multiple Sclerosis Canada.

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