Firefighter Chris Askew has decided to post videos of himself dancing on the TikTok app, for his baby Dylan while he is in the NICU. He got the idea after wanting to relieve his stress and in hopes others on social media might be inspired to join him-And THAT, they did!
Askew is dancing for his fourth son, Dylan, who was born in mid-January, two months premature, only weighing four pounds. He is in the fight for his life.
“Unless you've been through it, you can't put into words how hard it is,” Askew said.
Chris is a Seminole County firefighter, and a self-admitted addict of TikTok, which is a social media app. He decided to post a video of himself dancing every day on TikTok until his baby boy is strong enough to get out of the neo-natal intensive care unit at Winnie Palmer Hospital for Women and Babies.
Chris shot his first video in the laundry room at the Ronald McDonald House, his second with his wife, Danielle, and baby Dylan in the hospital, and he continued to post more videos – one with the nurses in the NICU unit, one with his fellow firefighters, one with UCF’s mascot, one with the Orlando Magic dancers, and the list goes on.