The teen created "hugging booths" as part of his Eagle Scout project.
Plastic protects family members from potentially spreading a virus, but still allows for touch.
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One woman cried tears of joy at being able to give her youngest son a hug.
"I hadn't hugged him in six weeks... but he's my baby," she said.
The teen built each building in the Mississippi nursing home its own hugging booth.