A little boy Hyrum Harris who is suffering from leukemia happens to be a “Moana” superfan because he is fond of Johnson’s character, Maui.
He also has Down syndrome, chronic croup, asthma, epilepsy, and FPIES.
His parents taught him to say “I am strong” daily and he repeats these words every day. His mom says the little boy watches Moana 10 times daily. “He watches it when he is scared when he is in pain, and when he wants to laugh and sing and dance,” his mother April Harris says.
The Rock heard about Harris and decided to do something special for him. He recorded a video message and shared to Instagram.
“This message is for a little boy out there, he’s 3 years old, and this little boy is one of the coolest little boys around, and he’s certainly one of the strongest because he is a fighter,” Johnson began the video. “Right now, this little boy is in the fight of his life.”
“His name is Hyrum Harris. Hello Hyrum, I hope this message gets to you. You don’t know me, my name is Dwayne Johnson, I also go by The Rock and you’re probably thinking, ‘Of course you go by the name of The Rock because you have a head the size of a rock!’”
“People tell me I kind of sound like him,” Johnson said. “I just wanted to send you a video to tell you how much I love Maui too. I know a little of his song.”
Johnson then sings several bars of “You’re Welcome,” which he sings in the film.
“I know you’re like, ‘Dude, leave the cool singing to Maui.point 175 | ’ You’re absolutely right, Hyrum,” Johnson concludes.point 232 |
“I wanted to tell you, man, stay strong.point 39 | There’s another dude out there, me, Dwayne, who, like you, loves Maui too.point 103 | There’s no one like Maui.point 126 | He’s the coolest thing.point 148 | I’m a big fan of Maui, too, and I’m a big fan of yours.point 194 | Thanks for inspiring everyone around you, including myself.point 246 |
Stay strong, Hyrum.point 17 | ”point 20 | 1
The video was reached to Harris and his mom said he smiled wide, pointed at himself, after hearing his name.point 240 |
“He looked at me,” Harris’ mother April said to People magazine.point 64 | “Smiled so big.point 79 | Sang ‘You’re Welcome’ right along with the video.point 127 | It was touching.point 141 | Hyrum’s smile is infectious [and] healing to those that serve him and love him.point 209 |
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