When six-year-old Casey Dyck sang O Canada to open the Jan 28 Vancouver Giants home game against Kelowna at the Langley Events Centre, it was an 香蕉视频直播渁w香蕉视频直播� moment.

With his mom, Whitney standing next to him, a confident Casey sang the anthem while wearing a Giants jersey, ending to thunderous applause and cheering.

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Giants vice-president Dale Saip, Casey香蕉视频直播檚 grandfather, said it happened because Casey香蕉视频直播檚 mom 香蕉视频直播� and uncle Gatlin Saip 香蕉视频直播� often sing the anthem at hockey games, including the Giants and Canucks.

Casey, a passionate hockey fan, had been lobbying his 香蕉视频直播淧apa,香蕉视频直播� Saip, to skate with the Giants team.

Papa replied that Casey would have to sing the national anthem at a Giants game first.

香蕉视频直播淲ork for the reward,香蕉视频直播� Saip explained.

Whitney said on the way to the game at the Langley Events Centre, she assured Casey he didn香蕉视频直播檛 have to be nervous because she would be there with him, and she would have a microphone, just in case.

He told her not to sing.

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Casey was a 香蕉视频直播渓ittle disapointed香蕉视频直播� that it wasn香蕉视频直播檛 a full crowd (because of pandemic restrictions), she added.

For the youngster, it was his second moment in the proverbial limelight.

There is another story about Casey, whose name means 香蕉视频直播渂rave and vigilant.香蕉视频直播� It香蕉视频直播檚 about a child who nearly died, then made a miraculous recovery.

In 2016, Casey, a happy-go-lucky newborn, developed a slight temperature and was uncharacteristically fussy.

Whitney and dad Dave took him from their home in Tsawwassen to Richmond General Hospital, where Casey was diagnosed with a respiratory virus.

Casey香蕉视频直播檚 condition was worsening, and as he was being prepared for transport to BC Children香蕉视频直播檚 Hospital in Vancouver, he stopped breathing and went into cardiac arrest.

A 香蕉视频直播渃ode blue香蕉视频直播� emergency warning sounded.

香蕉视频直播淗e was just as white as a ghost,香蕉视频直播� Dave recalled,

It took 45 to 50 minutes to bring Casey back.

from on .

Casey would spend 26 days in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at BC Children香蕉视频直播檚 Hospital, where a specialized infant ventilator kept his tiny lungs inflated and allowed them to heal.

Seventy-two hours after the code blue, there was some good news.

A CT scan found no abnormality in Casey香蕉视频直播檚 brain function.

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Casey went to be a 香蕉视频直播減oster child香蕉视频直播� for the hospitals that helped save him, and today is a thriving, rambunctious kid, who walked early, talked early, and goes at life 香蕉视频直播渇ull-on,香蕉视频直播� according to his mom.

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For the record, Casey香蕉视频直播檚 older brother, Jameson, has a wonderful singing voice, but so far isn香蕉视频直播檛 interested in performing in front of a crowd.

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