Nigerian’s Classmates Surprise Him by Flying Mom to US For Graduation (WATCH)

Michael Tertsea was given a scholarship to leave Nigeria so he could study and play basketball at the John Carroll School outside Baltimore. Of course he jumped at the opportunity–and has been jumping high for four years since then.

When it was time to graduate, his high school school newspaper wrote a story about him and mentioned that his family struggled to make ends meet back home. Fortunately, his classmates decided to secretly raised $1,600 to help bring his mother, Felicia Ikpum, to the U.S. to witness his graduation.

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Michael was surprised earlier this month at Baltimore-Washington International Airport and the beautiful mother-son reunion was caught on camera.

(WATCH the moment they first saw each other and hear their story in the video below)