Today is your day Boomer! Let's start off the New Year with an incredible feel-good story. Here it is from Sportsnet: Vancouver Canucks trainer Brian (Red) Hamilton shared an incredible story about a random act of kindness that he says may have saved his life. During the team’s first visit to Seattle, for the Kraken’s inaugural home game on Oct. 23, a Seattle fan knocked on the glass behind the Canucks’ bench to get his attention, and showed the equipment trainer a message on her phone: “The mole on the back of your neck is cancer.”(see picture) Hamilton later checked with Canucks’ medical staff, and it was determined that the mole was a Phase 2 malignant melanoma. Hamilton had it removed. "She saved my life. She didn’t take me out of a burning car. . . but she took me out of a slow fire. The words out of the doctor’s mouth were if I ‘ignored that for four or five years, I wouldn’t be here.’" He wanted to thank the fan on Saturday when the Canucks returned to Seattle, but had little idea who she was. So, through the Canucks’ social media channels, Hamilton sent out a message before the game telling his story and asking for help locating the woman. The message eventually reached the fan, a 22-year-old aspiring medical student named Nadia Popovici. Hamilton thanked her with a hug before the game, and it was announced that the Canucks and Kraken were jointly contributing $10,000 US towards medical school for Popovici.“I’m so in shock,” Popovici said. “They have no idea what this money means to me. “I’m just so happy that he has gotten it removed. Hopefully, he lives a very, very long life.” Happy New Year, Boomers.

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