When Keni Cedanio Ramirez, 17, was named homecoming king at Mahanoy Area High School in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, he shared the crown and sash with the other nominee, his friend Axton Kuhla, 17, who has Down syndrome and had become overwhelmed by the crowd, TODAY.com reports. Keni said he had decided beforehand to share it if he won.

Video of the moment, first posted by local outlet Skook News, spread widely. "He'll talk about it forever," Axton's mother, Alyssa Shellhamer, told TODAY. Keni said he didn't cry at the ceremony but did when he watched the video.