Benjyfishy and more send Christmas wishes to fan with Cerebral Palsy
One young Fortnite player with cerebral palsy has received Christmas wishes from a number of professional players and the CEO of Epic Games, in one of the most heartwarming stories you’ll see.
The father of a young Fortnite player expressed his gratitude to professional players, after a number of them wished his son a happy Christmas. Finley, a huge Fortnite fan, is a primary school student from Manchester who suffers from cerebral palsy.
Cerebral palsy is the name given to a group of permanent movement disorders, that exhibit themselves in early childhood. It is caused by unusual development or damage to the parts of the brain that control bodily movement.
Anyone new to our journey. Finley has Cerebral Palsy and just overcome major surgery 6 months ago.
We will beat CP and spread as much awareness as possible in the meantime. Thank you all for the RTs and tags. Its almost impossible to keep up
— TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) December 24, 2019
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On Christmas Eve, Finley’s father, a Twitch streamer known as ‘KingoCraigo’, tweeted to ask the Fortnite community to wish Finley a merry Christmas.
“Anyone new to our journey,” Craigo said. “Finley has Cerebral Palsy and [has] just overcome major surgery 6 months ago. “We will beat CP and spread as much awareness as possible in the meantime.” Finley’s surgery was to help him walk, something many people with cerebral palsy struggle with.
The tweet promptly blew up, with over 2,000 retweets and 11,000 likes. Many fans were inspired by Finley’s story and wanted to draw attention to it. Thankfully, a number of Fortnite pros got in touch with Finley, offering their Christmas wishes.
British pro player Ben ‘benjyfishy’ Fish got in touch to wish Finley a merry Christmas.
LETS GO BENJY. Thank you for wishing Fin a merry christmas. Means the world and he had tears this morning when I told him you wished him it.
Thanks so much mate. Merry christmas and happy new year to you and your family
— TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) December 25, 2019
No way the WC champ wishing my kid a merry christmas.
Thanks so much brother, means the world! Cant wait to tell him in the morning!
Have a great Christmas
— TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) December 24, 2019
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On a similar note, Fortnite World Cup Duos champion Emil ‘Nyhrox’ Pedersen also got in touch. The Norwegian superstar wished Finley a merry Christmas, much to his father’s disbelief.
Away from professional players, the CEO of Epic Games, Tim Sweeney, got in touch with the young Brit. The head honcho at Epic Games getting in touch was perhaps even more unexpected.
Hey Tim, thanks so much for the well wishes. Have a great Christmas and new year ❤
— TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) December 25, 2019
“Thank you all for your lovely messages and messages for Finley,” he said. “Merry Christmas from mine, to yours. Hope you all had a great day.”
Thank you all for your lovely messages and messages for Finley.
Merry Christmas from mine, to yours. Hope you all had a great day. Good night ❤ pic.twitter.com/qU6muLHTvX
— TZ KingoCraigo (@kingocraigo) December 25, 2019
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Recently, the Fortnite community united around DrLupo’s charity stream, raising over $2 million for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
The tweets serve as another example of how the gaming community can come together for good.
