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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTerminally ill 7-year-old gets his Halloween wish granted and fights off the walking dead.
Lots of cops would rather help little black kids than shoot them.
http://www.upworthy.com/terminally-ill-7-year-old-gets-his-halloween-wish-granted-and-fights-off-the-walking-dead
Spencer is battling a terminal mitochondrial disease that has no known cure. With doctors unable to establish any firm timeline of what lies in store for him, he and his family are simply taking life one step at a time, hoping that tomorrow brings better news than the day before.
Thanks to a few kindhearted deputies, he received exactly that last week in the form of a day spent living out his fantasy as a real-life Rick Grimes.
After receiving a call from Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco inviting him down to the station, Spencer a lover of all things law enforcement and zombie-related was whisked away to the sheriff's office with a full motorcade escort in tow.
Before he could even begin to make heads or tails of the situation, he was informed that an army of zombies (played by local high school drama students) had infiltrated the facility. The 7-year-old boy from Pasco County, Florida, got to do what many of us secretly wish we could try: living a day as a hero in the middle of a zombie attack.
Before he could even begin to make heads or tails of the situation, he was informed that an army of zombies (played by local high school drama students) had infiltrated the facility.
"We're overrun, buddy. We need your help. We need a team leader out there," Nocco told the boy as he adorned him with an official badge. "This is going to be an important day."
With a NERF dart gun in his hand and a troop of SWAT members and K-9 units providing backup, Spencer proceeded to dispatch any and every zombie threat facing the jail with sniper-like precision.
Cassiopeia
(2,603 posts)rocktivity
(44,577 posts)rurallib
(62,434 posts)brought big tears to my eyes.
Not sure if it was for the special day or for the sad day yet to come.
those HS kids were great.
best wishes Spencer. Thank you officers and students.
brer cat
(24,591 posts)I sure hope he gets a tomorrow with good news.
ornotna
(10,805 posts)Good luck Spencer.
Liberal_Dog
(11,075 posts)K & R.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Wtf is a 7 year old doing watching the walking dead.
Not even close to appropriate viewing for a 7 year old.
I am glad he is getting to have fun but I have no clue what his parents are thinking letting him watch that.
Orrex
(63,220 posts)Holy shit.
If my kid were suffering from a terminal, incurable disease, what I'd need more than anything is an anonymous internet nanny telling me how he should spend his time.
Unless you can demonstrate that watching the show is harming him here and now, then your complaint is ridiculous to the point of being offensive.