EXCLUSIVE: 91-year-old bottle collector hugs mom of mentally ill teen who beat him with cane

07/19/2017 6:56 am PDT

via WPIX:

NEW YORK -- (WPIX) -- Rosa Nazar never wanted to go public with her 19-year-old son's mental health issues.

Now, she feels compelled to.

And she's getting help from an unlikely ally, who's showing her deep compassion.

PIX11 was there, when Nazar approached 91-year-old Juan Llarens on Broadway Tuesday.

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