Vanessa Bryant Helped Young Fan Meet Kobe After His Crying Video Went Viral

Thanks to Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa, a young fan was able to meet his favorite player after video of him crying went viral.

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Meet Ayden, a young Los Angeles Lakers fan who was hoping to meet his favorite player Kobe Bryant at a recent event when his dream was crushed. After finding out the Black Mamba already left when he and his family arrived, the little kid sat in the backseat with his Kobe jersey on, fighting back tears and answering his parents’ questions. 

In the middle of his heartbroken state, Ayden even told his father he loved Bryant more than him. While there was nothing his family could do at the moment to make their child feel better—you know, other than get Kobe—his father told him, "We’ll meet him one day.”"

Little did they know that it would be Bryant’s wife Vanessa who would turn that dream into a reality. On Tuesday, Ayden’s hope of meeting Kobe and playing basketball with him came true when he stopped by to meet KB at a commercial shoot.

While it's hard to say how exactly Vanessa found out about the video, Kobe can be heard telling Ayden's parents in the above post that his wife told him, "You gotta check this video out." Maybe @ing her in the caption was the trick. Either way, the clip compelled Mrs. Bryant to help make little man's dream come true. 

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