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To Lightning's lucky charm, anthem more than just a song

TAMPA — She digs jazz and gospel, adores “The Sound of Music” and likes “Uptown Funk.” But one song alone remains her chart-topper. She sings it while she’s driving, or at home, or at MacDill Air Force Base ... and, O say, while standing on the ice at Amalie Arena, with Tampa Bay Lightning fans hanging on her every note while an oversize American flag is passed around the arena’s lower bowl.

“I sing this song every day of my life,” U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Sonya Bryson said. “I mean it. Every day. It just comes to me.