Kade Foster: Toronto Maple Leafs fan gets birthday tweets from players

One of the biggest fans of the National Hockey League side Toronto Maple Leafs was having the saddest birthday of his life, but because of his father’s tweet, the day turned out to be his most memorable birthday. Kade Foster planned for his eleventh birthday, but his planning turned to dust when none of his friends showed up. Seeing his son upset, Kade’s father took to Twitter and tried to turn things around. Jason Foster shared a picture of Kade with his cake and explained how none of his friends showed up to his party. Foster also requested people on Twitter to take a minute to send his son a birthday wish.

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Jason even tagged Toronto Maple Leafs players, Mitch Marner and John Tavares, hoping that the stars would see the post and wish his son on his birthday. Mitch Marner and John Tavares are Kade’s heroes and were also be seen on his birthday cake. Within a few hours, Jason’s tweet received a lot of replies and within 24 hours, the post received more than 40,000 replies, 150,000 likes and 20,000 retweets. Even Mitch Marner and John Tavares took notice and wished Kade on his birthday.

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Here’s what the players had to say

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Not only that, a few hours later, the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau, and celebrities like Mark Hamill and various others wished Kade. Trudeau wished Kade by sharing a balloon emoji with his message, while Hamill called the 11-year-old his friend.

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