Special Six Flags Fan Gets Big Halloween Surprise
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Six Flags Great America came through for a Glenview woman on the hunt for the perfect Halloween costume for her special needs son.
"He is obsessed with Six Flags," Cori Mohr said of her 7-year-old son, Seth, who has significant cognitive and developmental delays.
While many people love Great America for the rides, Seth loves the ride operators.
"His deepest desire is to be a ride operator when he gets older," she said.
Mohr was having no luck finding the right shirt for her son to wear to dress up as a ride operator for Halloween, so she posted messages to some online garage sales.
"Less than 20 minutes later, the Six Flags PR director contacted me on Facebook, and simply said 'What can I do to make your son's Halloween amazing?" she said.
Six Flags gave Seth a shirt and nametag, which he promptly wore to the amusement park last weekend, where employees treated him like a co-worker.
@SFGreat_America Thank you for making my son's dream come true! https://t.co/BQs18zeWDt pic.twitter.com/PQz7k7MFH7
— Cori Mohr (she/her) (@sandemama) October 28, 2015
"When we went to Six Flags in costume last week, all of the employees greeted him as a team member, and he just felt like a million dollars," Mohr said. "I think it will be tricky to ever go to Six Flags and not have him wear it."
She said she's grateful for something that seems so small, but which meant so much to her son.
Seth's story has been shared hundreds of times on social media, including by Six Flags, which welcomed him to the family.