Topsail stabbing victim '#12' honoured as 100 give blood

A hundred people rolled up their sleeves in Paradise Tuesday evening to donate blood to honour the 11-year-old boy stabbed on a C.B.S. soccer field in September. 

The blood drive event titled Give Red for Green was a nod to the boy's favourite colour, which is green. Event organizers also refer to him as #12 — his soccer jersey number. 

Sheryl, a close family friend of the victim, said it's important for children and adults who were traumatized by the attack to focus on the good people who helped the victim. CBC can't identify Sheryl further because of a publication ban that prohibits any information that might identify the boy.

"People who donate and don't even know that they're heroes and for that little boy out on that field he had many heroes. People who donated beforehand to help save his life, to those on the field right from the beginning, the paramedics, the people in the hospital and also all the family and friends of the family —  they're all heroes," she said.

After the stabbing, the boy needed several blood transfusions to save his life.

Nancy Williams — who donated blood — said she was deeply moved by the attack because her own son is about the same age as the boy who was stabbed. She had a message for his family.

"Our thoughts are with you and sorry for everything. Terrible, terrible tragedy and I can't even imagine what you've gone through and we're thinking about you and of course your son," Williams said.

Friends of the boy who was stabbed said he's recovering well from the attack on September 25th.