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Man defends Down Syndrome brother after customer complained
Man's moving Facebook post defending his Down syndrome brother after anonymous customer complained about restaurant where he works
- Andrew Ankar, 20, became co-owner of Ankar's Hoagies in Chattanooga, Tennessee when his father died in April from cancer
- The 20-year-old who has Down syndrome works 13 hour shifts at the eatery where he greets customers and treats them with kindness
- Someone complained to the health department about him saying an 'unauthorized' person was working in the kitchen
- Andrew's brother, Alex, wrote a Facebook post about him that's gone viral
- He wrote: 'Sometimes I sit back and marvel at Andrew's ability to love everyone... He knows no hate'
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After George Ankar passed away in April from esophageal cancer, his 20-year-old son, Andrew, became the co-owner of the family's restaurant Ankar's Hoagies in Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Andrew, who was born with Down syndrome, works day in and day out at the restaurant, greeting all of his customers and treating them with nothing but kindness.
'He works open to close, all day every day from 8am to 9pm,' his mother Judy told Us Weekly.
'He knows his customers by name and treats all of them like family. People come in looking for Andrew. If they don't see him, they ask, "Where is he?"'
The young restaurant owner said that he loves working at his family's business.
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Fun spirit: Andrew Ankar (above), who was born with Down syndrome, has worked day in and day out at his family's restaurant in Tennessee, since his father died from cancer in April
Brother's love: When a customer filed a complaint with the health department, claiming that an unauthorized person, Andrew (left), was in the kitchen, his brother Alex (right) and mother rallied around him
Family: Alex, who is a student at Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, shared a photo of Andrew (above) in the kitchen cooking and wrote a Facebook post defending his brother on May 5 that his since gone viral
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'I love the people that work here, and I like doing like daddy did at the shop,' he told Us Weekly. 'I like to make grilled chicken on the grill.'
But when an unidentified customer filed a complaint with the health department, claiming that an unauthorized person, Andrew, was in the food prep area of the kitchen, his brother Alex and mother became enraged and rallied around him.
Alex, who is a student at Quillen College of Medicine in Johnson City, shared a photo of his brother in the kitchen cooking and wrote a lengthy Facebook post defending his brother on May 5 that his since gone viral.
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His brother also wrote: 'Sometimes I sit back and marvel at Andrew's ability to love everyone... even people who aren't deserving of his kindness. He knows no hate.' Above Andrew is pictured left inside the restaurant
Andrew (pictured left) is continuing on his father's legacy, as he works 13 hour shifts at the eatery alongside his mother, who says her son wanted to be 'just like' his father in 'every way'
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz48rQykhkb
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Such a moving story.
