Another terrible story, but with a happy ending!
A child, who was hit by terrorists attempting to flee from “Crocus,“ underwent a second leg surgery today. Ilya is on the mend. He has already been visited by “Spartak“ hockey players who gifted him merchandise with autographs from his idols and words of support from NHL stars.
Currently, 8-year-old Ilya is in the hospital with a traumatic brain injury, a fractured clavicle and femur, and a bruised lung. But the boy is holding up well. His mother shared that the boy behaves like an adult man: telling doctors he feels no pain because he doesn’t want to complain.
Ilya himself plays hockey and hopes to recover by the summer training camps. The hockey players decided to cheer the boy up. Ilya Kovalchuk gifted him his hockey stick. Additionally, NHL’s “Carolina Hurricanes“ forward Evgeny Kuznetsov supported the schoolboy via video call and Alexander Ovechkin plans to get in touch soon.
Earlier, Ilya’s mother mentioned that the terrorists ...
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