When six-year-old Casey Dyck sang O Canada to open the Jan 28 Vancouver Giants home game against Kelowna at the Langley Events Centre, it was an 91裸聊视频渁w91裸聊视频� moment.

With his mom, Whitney standing next to him, a confident Casey sang the anthem while wearing a Giants jersey, ending to thunderous applause and cheering.

91裸聊视频淗e went for it,91裸聊视频� a proud Whitney told the Langley Advance Times.

Senior VP Dale Saip91裸聊视频檚 grandson Casey with the cutest anthem of the year 馃幎

91裸聊视频� Vancouver Giants (@WHLGiants)

Giants vice-president Dale Saip, Casey91裸聊视频檚 grandfather, said it happened because Casey91裸聊视频檚 mom 91裸聊视频� and uncle Gatlin Saip 91裸聊视频� often sing the anthem at hockey games, including the Giants and Canucks.

Casey, a passionate hockey fan, had been lobbying his 91裸聊视频淧apa,91裸聊视频� Saip, to skate with the Giants team.

Papa replied that Casey would have to sing the national anthem at a Giants game first.

91裸聊视频淲ork for the reward,91裸聊视频� Saip explained.

Whitney said on the way to the game at the Langley Events Centre, she assured Casey he didn91裸聊视频檛 have to be nervous because she would be there with him, and she would have a microphone, just in case.

He told her not to sing.

91裸聊视频淗e was very confident,91裸聊视频� Whitney recalled.

Casey was a 91裸聊视频渓ittle disapointed91裸聊视频� that it wasn91裸聊视频檛 a full crowd (because of pandemic restrictions), she added.

For the youngster, it was his second moment in the proverbial limelight.

There is another story about Casey, whose name means 91裸聊视频渂rave and vigilant.91裸聊视频� It91裸聊视频檚 about a child who nearly died, then made a miraculous recovery.

In 2016, Casey, a happy-go-lucky newborn, developed a slight temperature and was uncharacteristically fussy.

Whitney and dad Dave took him from their home in Tsawwassen to Richmond General Hospital, where Casey was diagnosed with a respiratory virus.

Casey91裸聊视频檚 condition was worsening, and as he was being prepared for transport to BC Children91裸聊视频檚 Hospital in Vancouver, he stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest.

A 91裸聊视频渃ode blue91裸聊视频� emergency warning sounded.

91裸聊视频淗e was just as white as a ghost,91裸聊视频� Dave recalled,

It took 45 to 50 minutes to bring Casey back.

from on .

Casey would spend 26 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at BC Children91裸聊视频檚 Hospital, where a specialized infant ventilator kept his tiny lungs inflated and allowed them to heal.

Seventy-two hours after the code blue, there was some good news.

A CT scan found no abnormality in Casey91裸聊视频檚 brain function.

91裸聊视频淵our baby defies all logic,91裸聊视频� the doctor told his parents. 91裸聊视频淚n my experience, this doesn91裸聊视频檛 happen.91裸聊视频�

Casey went to be a 91裸聊视频減oster child91裸聊视频� for the hospitals that helped save him, and today is a thriving, rambunctious kid, who walked early, talked early, and goes at life 91裸聊视频渇ull-on,91裸聊视频� according to his mom.

91裸聊视频淗e91裸聊视频檚 absolutely a dynamo,91裸聊视频� Whitney said.

For the record, Casey91裸聊视频檚 older brother, Jameson, has a wonderful singing voice, but so far isn91裸聊视频檛 interested in performing in front of a crowd.

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