MINNEAPOLIS — John Sullivan, Vikings teammates, alumni and mascot Viktor brought warm thoughts and comfort to help sick children enjoy Thanksgiving this week.
The visit to the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital features a traditional Thanksgiving meal. It is part of an annual tradition and a series of visits that also includes a Halloween Carnival in October and a December holidays visit.
Sullivan has undergone two back surgeries for an injury that’s sidelined him all season, one that happened while playing a sport he loves, but he said that seems much less significant when visiting children that are fighting severe illnesses.