WORTH IT FOR THE MARKETING.
EXACTLY.
THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT THE
ST. PAUL SAINTS.
WELL, IT IS NICE WHEN
PEOPLE REMEMBER YOUR BIRTHDAY.
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY DO IT
WITH A SURPRISE.
LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED AT A
SCHOOL IN PRESCOTT, WISCONSIN
THIS AFTERNOON.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
GOOD JOB, MAN!
THAT'S LIGHT.
HARLEM GLOBETROTTER STAR ZEUS
McCOOK DELIVERED A BIRTHDAY
GIFT TO ETHAN.
THE SURPRISE VISIT MEANT A LOT
TO ETHAN WHO HAS A RARE DISEASE
AND A HISTORY OF BEING BULLIED.
WCCO'S ANGELA DAVIS WAS THERE
TO SHARE THE MOMENT.
Reporter: IN A WAY THAT ONLY
THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS CAN
DO, ZEUS EXPLAINED THE ABC'S OF
PREVENTING BULLYING.
BULLYING IS SOMETHING THAT 10-
YEAR-OLD ETHAN CHRONIC KNOWS A
BIT ABOUT.
HE HAS A RARE GENETIC CONDITION
THAT CAN CAUSE MISSING FINGERS
AND TOES, A CLEFT LIP, AND
GROWTH PROBLEMS.
ETHAN HAS LOST MUCH OF HIS
EYESIGHT.
HIS MOTHER NATALIE SAYS THEY
RECENTLY RESOLVED A BULLYING
ISSUE.
THE KID WAS CALLING ETHAN A
NAME AND IT REALLY HURT HIM.
HE CAME HOME CRYING.
WE TALKED TO THE TEACHERS ABOUT
IT.
THE KID WROTE AN APOLOGY.
HE CAME HOME AND GOES, YOU KNOW
WHAT?
I FORGIVE HIM, MOM.
Reporter: WYATT IS ETHAN ACE
BIG BROTHER.
IT KINDA HURTS ME.
HE IS A UNIQUE KID.
ONCE YOU REALLY GET TO KNOW THE
GUY, HE IS AMAZING.
Reporter: LAST SUMMER
ETHAN'S PARENTS TOOK HIM TO SEE
THE OCEAN FOR THE FIRST TIME.
A FOUNDATION ARRANGED FOR ETHAN
TO BECOME AN HONORARY LIFEGUARD
DURING HIS VISIT TO THE NEW
JERSEY SHORE AND AN HONOR
POLICE OFFICER WITH THE
WILDWOOD POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THE GLOBETROTTERS HEARD ABOUT
ETHAN AND DECIDED TO PAY HIM A
VISIT IN HIS HOMETOWN OF
PRESCOTT.
I DON'T WANT ANYBODY
BULLYING WHILE ETHAN IS ON THE
JOB.
YOU GUYS PROMISE ME THAT?
ETHAN!
ETHAN!
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
THIS WAS A BELATED BIRTHDAY
SURPRISE FOR ETHAN.
HIS GIFTS INCLUDED TICKETS TO
SEE THE HARLEM GLOBETROTTER
SHOW AT TARGET CENTER WHICH IS
COMING UP ON SATURDAY, MARCH
31st.
A LOVELY FAMILY.
I LIKE THAT BIG BROTHER WYATT,
TOO.
I LIKE THE JOY IN ETHAN'S
FACE.
HE HAD SUCH A GREAT DAY.
