Conn. 10-year-old given birthday wish to be garbage man for a day [Video]

WILLIMANTIC, Conn. — Axton Nizeull has always had an affection for the power and the prowess of garbage trucks, so his family made his 10th birthday a celebration to remember. 

Axton’s grandmother made the initial contact with Casella Waste Systems in Willimantic and the crew there put the plan into place: he was made garbage man for a day.

After gearing Axton up with gloves, a safety vest, and a hard hat, Mark Di Mauro, the division manager at Casella Waste Systems said, “everyone wants to be a police officer or a firefighter, and today we have a gentleman who wants to be a garbage man. He is working taking carts to the curb, he is in a truck, he is a garbage man for a …