While this has been the hardest year of Chris Singleton's life, a trio of New York Yankees helped put a smile on his face Monday with a surprise on TODAY to kick off the baseball team's annual Hope Week.
Singleton has been a symbol of strength and hope since losing his mother, Sharonda Coleman-Singleton, 45, who was one of nine parishioners killed in the shootings on June 17 at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina.
"When something like this happens, you never think it would happen to you, so I think everybody praying for me has allowed me to be this strong,'' Singleton told Tamron Hall and Cena on TODAY's Take.
Yankees Alex Rodriguez, Brett Gardner and Dellin Betances, along with wrestling star John Cena, surprised Singleton by inviting him as a special guest to throw out the first pitch at Monday night's Yankees game against the Minnesota Twins at Yankee Stadium.
