Touching gesture for dying man exemplifies the kindness of strangers

MONTREAL - Gilles Lavoie spent his last weeks watching construction cranes work on a new pavilion slowly go up at the Jewish General Hospital.

One afternoon, an extraordinary gesture by the workers, warmed the dying man -- and brought a whole hospital community together.

Click the video on the right to see the emotional story.

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  Construction workers made a kind gesture to a dying stranger at the Jewish General Hospital.