A young girl has melted hearts across the nation after adorable footage of her signing her kindergarten Christmas concert for her deaf parents went viral.
Claire Koch, who is just 5 years old, was caught on camera using her fingers to spell out carol lyrics to mom Lori and dad Thomas.
FOX 13
Lori and Thomas Koch says it was insulting to see a man faking sign language — it is as if deaf people didn't matter, they said.
RELATED: 'FAKE' DEAF INTERPRETER AT MANDELA MEMORIAL BLAMES ILLNESS[1]
They uploaded the clip to YouTube after hearing claims the sign language interpreter at the Nelson Mandela[2] memorial was a fraud.
Lori Koch via YouTube
The Tampa Bay, Fla., parents say their 5-year-old did a better job at her school Christmas show than the interpreter at Nelson Mandela's memorial service — who they said was obviously making it up.
"My 5-year-old signed even better for her deaf parents in an xmas show," Lori Koch tweeted to CNN's Piers Morgan - with a link to the clip.
RELATED: 'TODAY' SHOW APOLOGIZES FOR 'OFFENSIVE' JOKE ABOUT MANDELA MEMORIAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER[3]
KAI PFAFFENBACH/REUTERS
A man passing himself off as a sign language interpreter punches the air during a speech being given by India's President Pranab Mukherjee at a memorial service for late South African President Nelson Mandela.
The video soon went viral and within three days had been seen by more than 100,000 people.
The Kochs, from Tampa Bay, Fla., said they posted the clip to show how signing is done.
FOX 13
Claire Koch, 5, is a heart-warming example of the way sign language can break down barriers.
RELATED: 1-YEAR-OLD RECORDS 'SELFIE' VIDEO ON IPHONE[4]
Speaking about the Mandela memorial, Koch told Fox 13[5] : "It became obvious he was making things up. He was repeating the same hand movements so it was obvious he was a fake."
"It was just totally deflating for deaf people, like saying deaf people are not important. This is a famous man who did so much for many people," added her husband Thomas[6] .
RELATED: VIDEO: BABY DUCKS HAVE FUN ON A WATERSLIDE[7]
ON A MOBILE DEVICE? CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO.[8]
References
- ^ RELATED: 'FAKE' DEAF INTERPRETER AT MANDELA MEMORIAL BLAMES ILLNESS (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ Nelson Mandela (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ RELATED: 'TODAY' SHOW APOLOGIZES FOR 'OFFENSIVE' JOKE ABOUT MANDELA MEMORIAL SIGN LANGUAGE INTERPRETER (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ RELATED: 1-YEAR-OLD RECORDS 'SELFIE' VIDEO ON IPHONE (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ Koch told Fox 13 (www.myfoxtampabay.com)
- ^ added her husband Thomas (www.myfoxtampabay.com)
- ^ RELATED: VIDEO: BABY DUCKS HAVE FUN ON A WATERSLIDE (www.nydailynews.com)
- ^ CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE VIDEO. (www.youtube.com)
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