BOSTON (WHDH) – Newly inducted New England Patriots Hall of Famer Rob Gronkowski participated in a workout with a 13-year-old boy living with a chronic illness in Boston this week, after the four-time Super Bowl champion made a donation to the boy’s nonprofit.
Gronkowski visited a gym in Boston’s Back Bay to work out with Mason Sudnick, who was diagnosed with a chronic pain syndrome when he was 9-years-old. Sudnick said Gronkowski adjusted every exercise so he could participate, and that small act of kindness meant a lot to him.
“You know how when people say, ‘don’t meet your heroes because they’re nothing like what they are on TV,’ well Gronk is better than he is on TV! Dude was super nice, super gracious, super caring, super funny, and he made me feel like a normal kid,” Sudnick told 7NEWS…