DIY SOS fans and host Nick Knowles left sobbing during | UK News

DIY SOS viewers have been left in floods of tears within minutes of the show beginning as Nick Knowles and his staff tackled one of the most emotional tales in the programme’s historical past. The episode adopted eight-year-old Rafi, who was left with life-changing mind harm after instantly falling severely sick. After spending a 12 months in hospital, Rafi finally returned home – but his household have been struggling to cope in a home that was no longer protected for him or geared up for his advanced care wants.

Facing the devastating risk of having to ship him back into a medical facility, his dad and mom made a determined plea to the BBC staff to help them keep their little boy at home, where his recovery has already shown outstanding progress. Host Nick was seen wiping a tear from his eyes as viewers on X admitted, “This is the most emotional episode of DIY SIS I’ve ever watched. God bless this family, they deserve it so much #diysos.”

Another penned: “FFS Nick I normally manage to at least wait until you’ve started before I’m crying” another added: “Man, I did not get past the first 5 minutes without getting emotional. “What an amazing set of people these are, that do all this hard work for such a rewarding finish. I have so much admiration for everyone involved.” The tears kept flowing, as fans gushed over how deserving the family is, especially as without the help fixing their house, little Rafi would be forced to go back to living in hospital.

“This family are just so together and were dealt a really hard blow. Utterly deserving of #DiySos help,” gushed one viewer. A second shared: “If I was a multi millionaire, I’d spend my money sorting out peoples houses like this.” A third gushed: “There’s so much negativity on the news at the moment, but seeing the #diysos team and all the volunteers coming together to help people they don’t know is something really positive to hold on to.”

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