A mother in Missouri, US, offered to pay people to be friends with her 24-year-old son, Christian Bowers who is diagnosed with Down Syndrome. A heartbreaking post that was shared on Facebook has gone viral on social media.

On February 2, Donna Herter shared a message on Facebook requesting a "young man" to spend two hours twice a month with her son.

She received tremendous positive responses online, with many people offering to become friends with Bowers without payment.

In her Facebook post, people have even offered help from London, Brazil, and Australia. Also, some people are asking for his gamer tag to play online video games with him.

Speaking to the local news channels, Herter said that she received many positive responses online, with many wanting to be friends with Bowers without any payment.

And many had sent them gifts which had made Bowers cheerful.

She added that she never expected this tremendous positive response from people. Many had shared her post, and people are rushing to be friends with Bowers.

The post gathered nearly 60,000 shares and over 26,000 comments.

A Facebook user, Shirley D Lassner, commented on the post: "My kids will play with him virtually, for free, it would be our pleasure! We don't live anywhere close to you, but please reach out! Such a great mum!"

Another Facebook user, M Celine Beaumont, wrote: "Would he love a postcard? I live in Canada, and I could send him some postcards once in a while if you want."