New York's Z100 opened the phone lines to fans who poured messages to Littrell into the station's voicemail system, shutting it down at one point. The station then collected those messaged and pressed them onto a CD that it will soon present to the Backstreet Boy along with a Vermont Teddy Bear.

As we reported last week (see "Backstreet Boy Littrell Recuperating After Successful Surgery"), the singer breezed through the elective surgery, which repaired a congenital heart defect.

On the audio get well card that will be hand-delivered to Littrell, fans send along their best wishes, their prayers, and in the case of one ten-year-old fan a marriage proposal.

- MTV News Gallery

May 22, 1998