Posted on 06/16/2015 12:44:35 PM PDT by beaversmom
It all started with a video.
A local police department produced a video about a 13-year-old Taylor Swift fan who was diagnosed with cancer late last year and, thus, unable to attend the singer’s Philadelphia concert.
The video attracted local attention — in addition to Swift’s, who invited Victoria Marsh, who also has Down syndrome, backstage over the weekend before performing at a stop on her “1989 World Tour.”
Created by the Dover Police Department, the video explained that Marsh was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer after feeling pain in her ankle. The video was viewed more than 1.4 million times on Facebook.
Doctors were not able to clear the 13-year-old to attend the concert and she had planned on sending her two sisters in her place. However, after the video attracted the pop singer’s attention, Marsh was invited backstage at the singer’s Philadelphia concert Saturday and doctors were able to give her an 8-hour pass to see her idol.
Pictures posted by the Dover Police Department on Facebook show Swift, Marsh and her sisters meeting Swift.
“WE DID IT!” the post read. “Thanks to all of you who shared, commented, and gave us contact info…most of all THANK YOU Taylor Swift for making Victoria’s #swiftawish come true backstage before tonight’s concert. For those wondering, the doctors gave her an eight hour pass from her hospital room to make this happen! #teamvictoria”
This is not the first time Swift has made news for good deeds. The mega-star has been known to call children with cancer, perform in hospitals and most recently donated $15,000 toward medical bills for a firefighter who saved his own family from a car wreck.
I like Taylor Swift.
Though she sometimes acts like a liberal these types of acts convince me she will be a conservative later in life....
Good to see!
The woman is a marketing genius. Not only is she a great pop song-writer, but she connects with her fans and is real. Assuming she stays grounded and avoids idiotic Bieber and Cyrus-style meltdowns, the world will continue to embrace her and she will be a billionaire before she is 30.
Very nice again.
As an aside:
“1989 World Tour”
And I thought I was stuck in the ‘80s!
Agree. If she’s not already. I don’t like her music but she’s quite on top of her game.
lol...I’m stuck there, too. Good decade. :)
Good on Taylor Swift for taking time to make that girl feel special. She blundered a bit with her recent rumination about “inequality,” but more than made up for it here.
Can’t say much about her other than she seems talented and very successful.
I really admire high profile people who do the right things as role models - for that she deserves credit.
Well, you can listen to your music on 8 track and take your favorite tunes anywhere. ..
Modern world is so kewel...
I’ve done my best to avoid her. I just know if she falls for me and then later we break up, she’ll write a humiliating song about me. It’s better to just not chance that.
You’ve got a big heart, BP Bob! Always thinking of others. ;)
Maybe she is just being herself, not everyone has a $$ motivation first.
Just sayin....
Ping
She is going to end up just like Hannah Montana Cyrus. Watch and see.
I find myself disagreeing with Taylor’s NYC-style politics, but I still admire her as a person! She DOES make a difference!
Five (5) kleenexes it took to get through that video. Prayers up for the sweet Victoria. And for Taylor, too, who has always treated her fans better than anyone I’ve ever seen.
She will most definitely NOT end up like Miley Cyrus. She wasn’t pushed into being a phony goody good Disney character through her teens. She wrote music and played and sang it and worked hard to get it heard. She is smart and centered. Her parents are normal. I just know she won’t flip and go bad. She is more mature than she even needs to be at her age. Miley will probably be a bratty 14 year old forever.
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