FC Barcelona Invites Parkland Survivor To Meet The Team

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

Anthony Borges, one of the young survivors of the tragedy on February 14 in Parkland, Florida, is being celebrated as a hero.

The 15-year-old is in the recovering hospital after being shot five times in the back when he helped 20 of his classmates hide from the author of the massacre, Nikolas Cruz, who killed 14 students and three staff members. from teachers at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.

Borges is also a football fan and his favorite team, FC Barcelona, has prepared a great surprise for him. The team took an active role in raising funds for Borges' medical treatment. They also sent him a shirt signed by the players, including Gerard Piqué and Lionel Messi.

Borges has been a Barça fan since he was little and was not only part of his fandom, the boy even trained at the club's academy in Florida in 2016.

Now they invite him to fulfill one of his lifelong dreams: to travel to the Camp Nou and meet the first team. Through a statement, the team representatives issued the following:

“Now in the hospital recovering, one of Anthony's biggest dreams has always been to travel to Barcelona and meet the first team players. And as the club told his father Royer on the phone this week, [for the team] he would be more than happy to help with that.

It was the journalist Santiago Segurola who started things. He informed the club of the situation, and Barça immediately offered the support of its own medical services to help Anthony perform all the surgeries he needs to return to enjoy one of his greatest passions, play soccer, as soon as possible. possible.

Strength for Anthony and that he be recovered soon to fulfill his dream!