The Vancouver Canucks, a North American Professional Ice Hockey Championship (NHL) franchise, shared on Twitter what they called their “most beautiful victory” Saturday night.
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During the day, the team posted on Twitter the testimony of one of its employees, Brian “Red” Hamilton, who was trying to find a “very special person”, being among the spectators of a match which took place in the fall. “To this person I am looking for: you have changed my life and now I would like to find you to thank you very much!”, wrote this member of the Canucks organization.
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On the evening of October 23, the young woman was sitting behind the Vancouver team bench in the first home game of the Seattle Kraken, NHL’s newest franchise, and was trying hard to get the employee’s attention. . She finally had the idea to write a message on her phone that she approached the glass separating her from the bench: “The mole in your neck may be cancerous. Please see a doctor!”
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Just over an hour after being posted, the tweet, which went viral, allowed the Vancouver team to track down the young woman, Nadia Popovici, a student who was recently accepted into medical school.
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“I’m thrilled. The only reason the letter was written is because I really wanted her to know that her persistence and everything she did was taken seriously.”, said in the wake Brian Hamilton, very moved, during a press briefing.
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Wearing a blue sweater with the image of the Canucks team, the Canadian explained that he had never seen this mole which turned out to be indeed melanoma and has since been removed.
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“She is a heroine”, he insisted. “This is an amazing person who takes the time to notice something worrying and find a way to report it during the chaos of a hockey game.”, he stressed. On the evening of Jan. 1, Brian Hamilton then met and thanked his “heroine” in person, according to a video posted by the Vancouver Canucks.
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“What a wonderful way to start my medical school journey, it’s priceless! I’m so glad you got to have it checked out”, welcomed the young woman, dressed in the Kraken jersey, after having hugged him.
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The Vancouver Canucks and Seattle Kraken, who faced each other again on Saturday, announced during the game that they had awarded Nadia Popovici a $ 10,000 scholarship for her medical studies.
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