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sl8

(13,584 posts)
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 08:27 AM Feb 2020

Jimmy Carter meets LI cancer survivor through Make-A-Wish (2016)

From https://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/jimmy-carter-meets-li-cancer-survivor-through-make-a-wish-1.12066785

Jimmy Carter meets LI cancer survivor through Make-A-Wish



Carter Beckhard-Suozzi, of Glen Cove, hugs former President Jimmy Carter at the Carter Center in Atlanta on July 11, 2016. Carter, 10, asked to meet the fellow cancer survivor with a similar name through the Make-A-Wish foundation. Credit: Make-A-Wish

By Laura Blasey
Updated July 20, 2016 9:26 PM

Of all the wishes granted in the past decade, Make-A-Wish’s metro and western New York chapter had never made one like Carter Beckhard-Suozzi’s come true.

As Carter underwent five months of chemotherapy last year, Make-A-Wish representatives asked him whom he would most like to meet, said chapter wish coordinator Kelly McCabe. The 10-year-old from Glen Cove took his time deciding, but eventually picked a fellow cancer survivor with a similar name: former President Jimmy Carter.

“When I sent the request to the national office, they said ‘Are you sure?’ ” McCabe said, laughing.

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Jimmy Carter meets LI cancer survivor through Make-A-Wish (2016) (Original Post) sl8 Feb 2020 OP
Jimmy Carter and John Lewis: Georgians who make up for Newt, Collins, Perdue et al... CurtEastPoint Feb 2020 #1
+1 Hoyt Feb 2020 #2
That last name looked familiar PennyK Feb 2020 #3
I'd love to meet Jimmy Carter if for no other reason than to shake his hand Major Nikon Feb 2020 #4
What a wonderful man. Not like the turd in the WH. Fla Dem Feb 2020 #5
The looks on their faces! UrbScotty Feb 2020 #6

PennyK

(2,300 posts)
3. That last name looked familiar
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:54 AM
Feb 2020

His dad is a former mayor of their town, and the uncle was the County Executive of Nassau County. All Democrats, of course.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
4. I'd love to meet Jimmy Carter if for no other reason than to shake his hand
Thu Feb 20, 2020, 10:58 AM
Feb 2020

I did have a chance meet with Rosalynn Carter one time and will remember it always.

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