Kids & Family
Adorable Northborough Fan With Down Syndrome Fist-Bumps Bruins
See a young fan interact with the team after a pre-game warm up.
Photo via twitter.com/hockeywebcast
It was a good week for one young Boston Bruins fan.
A new YouTube video released Wednesday shows a young fan fist bumping the team’s players as they left the ice following a pre-game warm up on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
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The fan is 8-year-old Liam Fitzgerald, an avid Bruins fan from Northborough who also previously defeated cancer after a three-and-a-half-year battle with the disease, according to Boston.com.
Fitzgerald also has Down syndrome. The Bruins fan dressed last Halloween as Adam McQuaid, his favorite player. McQuaid invited Fitzgerald and his family to a game as special guests, reported CBS Boston.
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The recent video, posted by Massachusetts Down Syndrome Congress, can be seen below:
The Bruins, meanwhile, went on to defeat the Florida Panthers 2-1 in overtime Tuesday night.
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