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TORONTO — Most people don’t make headlines for writing mortgage cheques, but a payment made by a 23-year-old Canadian has recently vaulted him to digital stardom.Aba Atlas saved his entry-level military salary for two years in order to pay down the mortgage on his mother’s Ottawa home. His years of frugality culminated in an emotional presentation that he captured on video and posted to YouTube.The “Dear Mother” clip has garnered 1.6 million views in the four days since it appeared online, a reaction that took its creator entirely by surprise.“When I put it together, I didn’t think it would blow up like this,” Atlas said in a telephone interview from Ottawa. “I’m humbled by the response and I think it’s good that positive energy is going everywhere, but I don’t want to make it seem like it’s about me.”
