“He brought me good vibes, good energy.' After lifting the Sixers to an overtime victory over the Celtics, James Harden gave his signed sneakers to John Hao, a 20-year-old survivor of the MSU mass shooting who Harden befriended and invited to the game:
Hao recently left a Chicago rehabilitation facility where he’d been since a February shooting on the East Lansing campus that killed three students and injured five others.
Harden learned after the shooting that Hao was a fan of his and donated sneakers, money and then called the student to offer encouragement. “When I got injured, he read the news about that, he just came to give us all the support we need,” Hao told The Associated Press. “I’m so appreciative of that.”“He taught me to keep strong,” Hao said.
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