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Thursday, December 6, 2012

A Christmas Wish For A Dying Boy

Six-year old Nathan Norman has terminal cancer and is reaching out to policemen, firemen and all emergency service workers to fulfill his final Christmas wish.

The only thing on Dawn Norman's wish list this holiday season is that her 6-year old son Nathan lives to see another Christmas, and that his wish of receiving cards, letters and patches from as many policemen, firemen and EMT's is fulfilled. Why? Because policemen, firemen and EMT's happen to be Nathan's heroes. Three years ago, Nathan, who lives with his family in Rustburg, Virginia, was diagnosed with brain cancer. "I remember the doctor saying that there was an abnormality," Dawn Norman remembers. "The doctor kept telling me over and over that there was an abnormality and then it hit me. He was telling me that my son had cancer."   An operation removed 55% of the tumor; however, Nathan has since developed an inoperable tumor on his …

Lori Reinhart

6:30 pm on Thursday, December 6, 2012

I have few friends that are police officers and EMTs and I have shared the story. Hopefully he'll be hearing from Chicago, Annapolis, New York and Baltimore police and an EMT friend in Michigan.   more ›

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