MINNEAPOLIS – For many 10-year-old boys, a day at U.S. Bank Stadium would take the cake for highlight of the year. And while Gavin Pierson was certainly elated by watching his beloved Vikings, it easily comes in at No. 2.
According to doctors, Gavin wasn’t supposed to be Sunday’s game. He wasn’t supposed to be here at all.
The Pierson family attended the Vikings game to celebrate Gavin becoming the first child to survive a rare form of brain cancer.
Wearing a “Gavin’s Army” sweatshirt – in Vikings purple, of course – and a Helga helmet, Gavin was all smiles when he and his family were recognized during halftime of the Bears game.