When the Make-A-Wish Foundation fulfilled Gabriel Aljalian’s dream of playing football with the New England Patriots, Tom Brady was supposed to make the 6-year-old’s day. Instead, Gabriel made Brady’s.
Gabriel was diagnosed with leukemia three years ago, but he fortunately beat it. Now, Gabriel turned the anniversary of his diagnosis, Nov. 3, into “Gabriel’s Day of Kindness,” during which the Watertown, Mass., boy asks people to join him in performing random acts of kindness. This year, Gabriel gave gifts to kids at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Center, but he also had something for Brady.
Gabriel spent Saturday at Gillette Stadium with 10 other Make-A-Wish kids, walking on the field, getting personalized jerseys and participating in some other day-to-day activities of the Patriots.