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>> THERE IS NO DOUBT JOHNNY
MANZIEL HAS HAD AN INCREDIBLE
YEAR, FROM THE UNBELIEVABLE
UPSET WIN AT ALABAMA TO HIS
HISTORIC HEISMAN WIN SATURDAY IN
NEW YORK.
THE AGGIES HAVE RIDDEN HIS
MAGICAL ARM ALL THE WAY TO THE
COTTON BOWL.
HERE'S SOMETHING YOU MAY NOT
KNOW ABOUT JOHNNY FOOTBALL.
ON THAT HEISMAN WINNING ARM
WRAPPED AROUND HIS RIGHT WRIST
IS A LITTLE YELLOW BRACELET, A
SYMBOL OF A BOND BETWEEN HIM AND
A PRESCHOOLER FROM HOUSTON WHO
IS FIGHTING A RARE FORM OF
CANCER.
>> MOMENTS BEFORE JOHNNY MANZIEL
WON THE HEISMAN TROPHY HE WAS
ASKED ABOUT THE LITTLE YELLOW
BAND ABOUT HIS WRIST.
>> IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S TOUCHED
ME THROUGHOUT THIS YEAR AND TO
BE UP HERE, AND HE LOVES MY
STORY AND HE FIGHTS, FOR WHAT I
DO ON THE FIELD AND I'M FIGHTING
FOR WHAT HE DOES.
>> HE'S A 5-YEAR-OLD FROM
HOUSTON AND HE'S FIGHTING A RARE
FORM OF CANCER, A NEUROBLASTOMA,
EARLIER HIS MOTHER SENT WORD TO
HIM ABOUT CHARLIE'S CONDITION
ALONG WITH HIS FOUNDATION'S
WRISTBAND.
IT SAYS, CHARLIE'S ANGELS AND
INCLUDES A BIBLE VERSE.
>> PEOPLE HAVE ASKED ME TO TAKE
IT OFF FOR PHOTO SHOOTS AND I
WOULDN'T DO IT.
>> I THOUGHT IT WAS AN AWESOME
THING FOR A YOUNG MAN TO DO THAT
FOR A CHILD HE'S NEVER MET.
>> THE FAMILY WATCHED SATURDAY'S
HEISMAN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM
CHARLIE'S ROOM AT TEXAS
CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL WHERE
CHARLIE IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
STEM CELL TRANSPLANT THAT WILL
HOPEFULLY SAVE HIS LIFE.
>> HE WAS AWARE.
HE REALLY WAS FEELING PRETTY
BAD.
I WAS ABLE OVER TO SAY TO HIM,
BUDDY, HE WON THE TROPHY.
HE SAID GOOD.
>> DESPITE BEING WEAKENED BY
FIVE ROUNDS OF CHEMOTHERAPY, TWO
SURGERIES AND NEARLY TWO WEEKS
OF RADIATION, CHARLIE IS
DETERMINED TO DEFY ALL ODDS AND
COME OUT ON TOP.
JUST LIKE HIS FAVORITE PLAYER
WHO WEARS THE LITTLE YELLOW
BRACELET.
>> FOR CHARLIE, IT'S JUST BEEN A
GREAT SYMBOL OF HOPE AND
STRENGTH AND, YOU KNOW, THAT THE
GOOD GUYS CAN WIN.
>> AFTER HIS TRANSPLANT CHARLIE
WILL SPEND THE NEXT MONTH AND A
HALF IN AN ISOLATION UNIT.
THE HOPE IS THAT HE'LL THEN BE
HEALTHY ENOUGH TO MEET MANZIEL
IN PERSON.
>> I HEAR THAT YOU'RE AN
OFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE CLUB NOW
OF CHARLIE'S ANGELS.
>> HE WAS NICE ENOUGH TO MAKE ME
AN OFFICIAL MEMBER OF CHARLIE'S
ANGELS IF YOU CAN GET ONE OF
THESE COOL BRACELETS.
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