This budding geographer spent his 12th birthday quarantining at home and marking a map with the locations of thousands of people from all over the world who replied to a tweet his dad sent, asking them to share their location.
The budding geographer, known for his love for reading and analyzing maps, usually celebrates his birthday with a father-son adventure, like at the golf range or an amusement park in Houston, Texas.But because of the coronavirus pandemic, that wasn't possible this year. So his dad, Jody Smith, came up with something even more special. He turned to Twitter with a unique request."This is my son, Brandon," Smith tweeted on Saturday."Today is his 12th birthday.
I never expected it to blow up."Instead, thousands of people from all over the world responded with their locations and even photos. Twitter users from as far as Jamaica and India responded. Even some notable accounts -- including the Toronto Blue Jays and the governor of Edinburgh Castle in Scotland -- joined in the fun.Brandon's map on Sunday, a day after the tweet was posted.
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