Her main diagnosis is cerebral palsy.
She also has a vision impairment,
so she's legally blind.
She's just so happy.
She makes everybody else around her happy.
It's hard to be in a bad
mood when Breyer's around.
Breyer Hansen is a student
at * Middle School.
You could say she's pretty
popular. It's hard for her to get her
power chair down the halls because so many
friends want to stop and talk to her.
Earlier this spring, she had to take a
couple weeks off school for a medical
procedure and she was really missed.
So the students welcomed her
back in a huge way.
Maggie O'Mara has the sweet story of
this special girl in tonight's 7th Hero.
Really. Her mission in life
is to bring people together,
and it's been like that since
she was little, really. A baby.
People have just come together
because of her 12 year old.
Briar Hanson is from a big family.
She's one
of seven kids, her two
sisters and four brothers.
She has cerebral palsy and she's
just like any other 12 year old.
I can read books,
I can read anything. I love
you too. Breyer has so many great
friends here at * middle school and
I feel like when we moved to Star it
was just such a smooth transition.
The kids just really welcomed her.
From church to school,
the kid just rallied around her.
Like automatically.
It just has trickled
over within the teachers.
I like to teaches like my opportunity.
Your helper, Jenny.
Yeah, she's a good one
her age. Jenny loves being by her side.
I do everything with her.
I'm experiencing 6th grade again for
the second time just as her helper.
And so I go to her classes and.
Help her with the cafeteria and the
bathroom and basically anything she needs.
I am there for her.
I don't feel like I'm going to work.
I'm just happy to meet her every day and
she makes me laugh and tells me jokes.
She's just the best.
Breyer had to miss school for a
couple of weeks this semester
for a medical procedure.
She let
us know she was going to be gone and
she told us that when I get back,
I want you guys to clap for me.
So we said you got it,
we will clap for you.
She stayed in touch with her
classmates while she was out and
they sent her little gifts and cards
and every single day she was gone.
They the first thing that would happen
when we they walked in the door is
when's briar coming back?
When's briar coming back?
7th grade teacher Monica
Matinson put a plan together
to welcome her back to school.
She had all the kids line up
in the hall by the elevator.
So she gets off the elevator and, you know,
her age, Jenny is right next to her and
they walk off the elevator and there's just
this big group of kids clapping for her.
And she immediately just is like kind
of taken back and like, OK, you know?
And then she gets so excited and you can see,
you can see her arm raised.
And that's how she says,
you know, I want a hug.
And then they're trying to motion her
down the hallway. But there's more.
You know, it's not just this group
of kids off of the the elevator
and as she walks down,
there's all these kids popping and turning
while they're walking in her back.
Briar was blown away. Awesome.
Happy tears. Happy tears.
And so were her parents.
Oh, just so heartwarming,
you know, To know that that's
the environment that I'm sending
her to school and every day
just really is touching.
You know, it's hard not to be emotional.
Honestly, it was so wonderful to
see the kids embrace her so much,
and it was just probably the
best teaching day I've ever had.
I'll never forget it.
I won't forget it.
It was magical. It was magical.
Briar is so loved and she has a
message for her fellow students.
Did you? Thanks for.
And her teachers?
They care so much about you.
Don't think your teachers.
Are they the best sevens heroes?
Good stuff. Do you have a
sevens hero in your life?
If so, let Maggie know about it.
Should love to be able to Share your story.