Facebook Lookback Movie To Be Created For Grieving Father’s Son

Facebook movies have popped up on news feeds everywhere, and for most they are fun short videos looking back at what users have shared during their time on Facebook. For one St. Louis, Missouri father, it would mean the world to him and his family to get to see his son’s lookback film.

So what makes this video any more special then the rest? Well, according to Metro, the father in question is John Berlin and he would like to see his son’s Facebook movie because his son, Jesse Berlin, passed away at the age of 21 back on January 28, 2012. Because John can’t get on to his son’s account, he’s sent an emotional message to the social media company via YouTube.

Facebook created the lookback movies as a part of their 10th anniversary celebration. According to an earlier report by The Inquisitr, Facebook started rolling out the 62-second videos on Tuesday, “10 years to the day since Mark Zuckerberg and four Harvard University classmates started the site in a dorm room on February 4, 2004.”

“People often ask if I always knew that Facebook would become what it is today. No way,” wrote Zuckerberg, the company’s CEO, in a Facebook post. “I remember getting pizza with my friends one night in college shortly after opening Facebook. I told them I was excited to help connect our school community, but one day someone needed to connect the whole world.”

Well, with all the warm fuzzy feelings going around, John Berlin is feeling a little heart-broken. He just wants to be able to remember his son by watching his Facebook movie. In his YouTube video plea, John said:

“I’m calling out to Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook. You’ve been putting out these new movies — you know these one minute movies that everybody’s been sharing. And I think they are great. Well, my son passed away Jan. 28, 2012 and we can’t access his Facebook account. I’ve tried emailing, different things, but it ain’t working. All we want to do is see his movie. That’s it.”

Well, after John’s video went viral thanks to sites such as Reddit, his plea was heard. Facebook has contacted John and says that they will not only make the video for him and his family, but according to The Telegraph, John says “they also said they’re going to look at how they can better help families who have lost loved ones”. John posted the following comment on his YouTube channel:

For John Berlin and his family, this Facebook movie is more than just a look back. It’s a way for the family to celebrate their lost loved one.