Fireman comforts little boy after car crash by playing 'Happy Feet' on his phone

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Going the extra mile doesn't always mean huge, sweeping gestures; sometimes, it can be as simple as watching a movie with somebody.

An SUV carrying one adult and five children rolled in D'Iberville, Mississippi, on Saturday afternoon. The victims of the crash were rushed to nearby hospitals.

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One of the children was taken to the hospital in a child-restraint seat. As he was waiting to be put in an ambulance, firefighter Casey Lessard helped entertain the little boy by playing the animated penguin movie Happy Feet on his cellphone.

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"The kids … we do whatever we can to calm them down," Fire Capt. Darren Peterson told the Sun Herald. "The video calmed him down instantly."

The police are still investigating the cause of the crash.

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