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Hornets fan regains vision after virus, makes trans-Atlantic trip to see hero LaMelo Ball

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Thirteen-year-old Humphrey Morton is from Yorkshire, England, and a few years ago he fell in love with the game of basketball.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - When the Hornets play in the Spectrum Center, you can expect to see hundreds of kids clamoring to get their eyes on their favorite players.

Saturday night, one of those fans just so happened to travel almost 4,000 miles to see his hero with his own eyes, something he wouldn’t have been able to do just a short time ago.

Thirteen-year-old Humphrey Morton is from Yorkshire, England, and a few years ago he fell in love with the game of basketball.