Usually it’s not a great sign if the local fire department shows up after you’ve blown out your birthday cake candles, but for Bernice Sampson of North Sydney, Cape Breton it was the nicest surprise she could have asked for to celebrate her day.
Last month, the Cape Breton senior got her wish to go for a ride in a fire truck thanks to a kind gesture from the North Sydney Volunteer Fire Department.
This past Tuesday was Bernice’s 91st birthday and she says she was sitting home watching TV in the evening when her grandson Adam told her to come outside her home. At the end of her driveway was a great big group of her firefighting friends who brought a cake. They also presented her with a fire department T-shirt, with her name on the back. The crowd capped things off with a chorus of Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday Bernice!
-Ian
Credits: atlantic.ctvnews.ca & photo via Mary MacFarlane
