Emotional video from kids at Buffalo hospital to MVP Josh Allen will make you cry

An emotional congratulations video from the kids tied to a Buffalo children’s hospital that celebrates Bills quarterback Josh Allen’s MVP Award has generated over a million views and tons of sweet messages on social media.  

The nearly four-minute video from the kids at Oishei Children’s Hospital, many of whom have met their hero, has generated more than 1.4 million views, 23,000 likes and hundreds of comments on X, alone. On Instagram, the same video drew more than 77,000 likes and over a thousand comments since it went live soon after Allen was announced as MVP at Thursday night’s NFL Honors ceremony.  

“You’re our MVP,” says Abbie as she squeezes the stuffing out of a teddy bear wearing Josh Allen’s jersey in the touching video.  

“I love you Josh,” two adorable twin girls say in the video. 

That video and it’s messages of love and support symbolize just how deeply Bills fans and western New York identify with Allen. He literally carries their heart with him every time he steps on the field.

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“OMG!! Ugly crying happy tears over here!! WOW!! So happy for Josh, so happy for Buffalo, and always my Ride or Die Buffalo Bills Team!! GOBILLS,” tweeted QueenMindset.

“Not a Bills fan, well I was 2 weeks ago, but how do you not love Josh Allen, well deserved,” tweeted crayzzzfool. “I was hoping my man Goff would win … but happy to see Josh win, and his parents crying. congrats!”

“’I love you Josh Allen’ – literally everyone on earth,” said matthinomusic, whose comment on the video in Instagram generated nearly 1,800 likes.

“Welp you made a grown man cry. And I don’t cry ever,” wrote reiddreamcatcher. “We love you Josh Allen. Win or lose, you have given us hope.”

The viral video may have even caused the subject of all this attention to tear up. The Buffalo Bills posted this special message to Bills fans after the ceremony.

— Bill Wolcott is a producer who helps cover the Buffalo Bills, high school and Rochester sports in general. The lifelong New Yorker has been a journalist for 30 years.