Louisiana boy rewarded after giving away his only dollar

Nine-year-old Kelvin Ellis Jr. of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, had only $1 to his name, but chose to give it away to a man he mistook as homeless. That single act of generosity sparked a friendship he could have never imagined. Steve Hartman has the story in "On the Road."

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