2 dozen youth get wishes granted to go to Super Bowl 60

You could feel the happiness as the youth entered the Lids store at Pier 39 in San Francisco Friday.

Make-A-Wish, along with the NFL and Fanatics, is granting the wishes of 24 youth to go to the Super Bowl, complete with unforgettable experiences like a shopping spree to gear up for the big game.

And part of the surprise: Jaguars player, Cam Little, and Arik Armstead, a former San Francisco 49ers, along with Penei Sewell, of the Detroit Lions, made an appearance.

The children are from all over the U.S.

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It just wouldn't feel like the Super Bowl for these three octogenarians if they weren't all there. And this might be the last time they all do it.

Alexander Rodriguez, 16, of Stockton, is now cancer-free after being diagnosed with a brain tumor.

When asked what it was like to see the players, Rodriguez said, "Great, I feel special."

"Touching down back here feels very comfortable," Armstead said. "I'm a Northern California kid, so this is home."

"Just being able to interact with everyone here, all the kids, seeing the smiles that we can put on their faces and the smiles that they put on our faces is so important and I don't take lightly," Little said.

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Alec Martinez, 17, of Whittier, continues treatment for his Acute lymphoblastic leukemia or ALL.

"It makes it feel like maybe there wasn't all bad things that came out of having cancer," Martinez said. "Maybe there's a bright light ahead."

"He's been accepted to six colleges," said his mother, Cinthia Lopez. "He's a bright kid. We never thought cancer would come and steal that from us, but we're here."

And they're taking it all in.

The "Wish Kids," as they're called, also got to walk the red carpet at NFL Honors, get a behind-the-scenes tour of Levi's Stadium and enjoy a welcome reception at Topgolf in San Jose.

It'll all culminate with the Super Bowl at Levi's Sunday.

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