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Terminally ill child dies in Santa's arms
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| December 12, 2016
| Fox News
Posted on 12/12/2016 9:05:41 AM PST by nickedknack
A 60-year-old Tennessee man who spends time volunteering as Santa Claus at a local hospital granted a 5-year-old terminally ill boy his final wish this holiday season, and held him as he died in his arms.
“I spent four years in the Army with the 75th Rangers, and I’ve seen my share of [stuff],” Eric Schmitt-Matzen told USA Today. “But I ran by the nurses’ station bawling my head off. I know nurses and doctors see things like that every day, but I don’t know how they can take it.”
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 75thranger; god; mercy; ranger; santa; veterans
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To: nickedknack
To: nickedknack; All
St. Nicolis Day, PRAY.
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posted on
12/12/2016 12:54:16 PM PST
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else need s said?)
To: MeganC
OMG I am crying.Me too, and I'm tougher than nails!
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posted on
12/12/2016 6:02:23 PM PST
by
Ace's Dad
("America is Great because America is Good " Alexis de Tocqueville)
To: MeganC
Me too
I hate the harshness of life on children
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posted on
12/13/2016 10:32:16 AM PST
by
wardaddy
(trump is a great tourniquet but that's all folks.......)
To: nickedknack
I knew it was a fake story.
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posted on
12/15/2016 2:44:20 PM PST
by
PghBaldy
(12/14 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15 - 1030am - Obama's advance team scouts photo-op locations.)
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