NEW YORK -- Victor García's hero was by his side as he watched the gorillas with awe at the Bronx Zoo. And he wasn't referring to one of the four Yankees stars touring the Congo exhibit with him. Instead, Victor refers to his 7-year-old sister, Nayyelyn, as his hero, who successfully donated her bone marrow to him last year after he was diagnosed with biphenotypic acute leukemia (BAL), a rare form of leukemia, in 2015.
Now, the 11-year-old Victor and his sister are here in New York as the Yankees' Day One guests Monday as part of the team's ninth annual Hope Week.