Rockford celebrates ‘National Hug a Newsperson Day’ with warm embraces

ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) – April 4 is National Hug a Newsperson Day.

I spent some time downtown Rockford to see if I could brighten people’s day by pulling them close for a warm, friendly embrace. It went shockingly well.

You’d think people downtown would be too busy, and some were, but it didn’t take long before someone wanted to just give me a hug…

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