ICYMI: Petelin goes viral

August 28, 2024 Off By Eric O'Brien

From the In-Case-You-Missed-It (but-at-this-point-how-could-you-possibly) Department…

KDKA-TV meteorologist Ray Petelin’s final first day of school video has gone viral. A tradtion that started when Petelin’s daughter, Elizabeth, was in Kindergarten has amassed millions of views around the world.

Each year on the first day of school, Petelin has produced short videos of Elizabeth on the first morning of school, asking her what she wants to be when she grows up and reminding her that she is loved very much by mom and dad.

This being the start of her senior year, Petelin’s video was a retrospective from the interviews of all 13 first days of school comparing answers and appearances throughout the years.

Petelin appeared on CBS This Morning to talk about the video on Tuesday.