Everyone in Michigan is pulling for injured Detroit Lions star edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson after he broke his leg Sunday during a win against the Dallas Cowboys -- even the children at the C.S. Mott's Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor facing serious health issues themselves.
On Tuesday, the Children's Hospital at the University of Michigan released a video with messages of support for Hutchinson, who had surgery on a broken tibia and fibula Sunday evening in the Dallas area before returning to Michigan.
Hutchinson, a Michigan Wolverines and Dearborn Divine Child graduate, has been a long supporter of the Children's Hospital dating back to his college days.
The children he has supported repaid the favor with supporting messages of their own.
In the 43-second video, the kids are shown with clear water jugs with "Hutch" written across. Hutchinson would carry around a large plastic water jug a lot of the time and made it a habit to write the kids' names he visited in the past.
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Some of the messages included:
Hutchinson broke his leg in the third quarter of the Lions' 47-9 demolition of the Cowboys in Arlington, Texas last weekend. He immediately had a cast on his leg and was taken to a local Dallas-area hospital for immediate surgery before returning back to Michigan. He is expected to be out for a 4-6 month time period, missing the rest of the 2024 NFL season.
Hutchinson led the NFL with 7½ sacks and had 45 pressures recorded through five games in the makings of a potential Defensive Player of the Year campaign.