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‘It will give you chills’ — Video of Chick-fil-A employee singing ‘God Bless The USA’ goes viral

Posted at 6:32 PM, Nov 15, 2015
and last updated 2015-11-15 20:32:08-05

Dontarius Jamel Young (Credit: Chick-fil-A Oak Park Plaza)

OAK PARK, Kan. — Customers at a Chick-fil-A restaurant in Oak Park, Kansas were treated to a special rendition of “God Bless the USA” on Veterans Day.

Dontarius Jamel Young, a “team leader” at the restaurant, performed for customers in the main dining room.

Young performed twice on Veterans Day, and Frances West shared video of the 11:30 a.m. performance. As of Sunday, the video has been viewed 14 million times and has over 300,000 shares.

Young wrote about the video:

Wow! I am truly overwhelmed! I have always been very patriotic and have always loved to sing! The fact that God’s favor is being shown to me and in such an apparent way, literally leaves me speechless! 1,000,000 views! Thank you all so much! Im so excited to see what is in store and I am very grateful to have been blessed with so many beautiful and loving people in my life! It’s only up from here, I still believe!!

“It will give you chills!” one Facebook commenter wrote. “This is the best thing I have heard all day,” another commenter wrote.