Rad­hi­ca Sookraj

Teenag­er Lillyan Williams, who act of kind­ness has in­spired the na­tion, was sum­moned to the Of­fice of the Prime Min­is­ter yes­ter­day and min­gled with the Prime Min­is­ter and his Cab­i­net Min­is­ters.

Speak­ing af­ter the meet­ing, the gro­cery pack­er at JTA su­per­mar­ket said she was in awe when she met Row­ley for the first time yes­ter­day.

"I felt so ex­cit­ed and it was an ho­n­our to meet Dr Kei­th Christo­pher Row­ley for the first time in my life and I felt very hap­py when he told me thanks for shin­ing a light to our na­tion," Williams said.

She said Row­ley mo­ti­vat­ed her by say­ing she had made every­one proud.

Williams said her dream it to one day join the Coast Guard as an elec­tri­cian.