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Zach Sobiech’s Last Days Documentary

May 212013

Seventeen year old Zach Sobiech has become somewhat of an Internet celebrity. With only months to live after fighting a rare form of cancer for too long, Zach turned to music to find his peace.

His song Clouds quickly went viral online, garnering millions of hits, and was even covered by famous celebrities.

Now, after his very sad and untimely passing, this twenty minute documentary published by Soul Pancake about Zach has gone viral, amassing over one million views just over the past few days. The video is further featured on UpWorthy, People, and NowMSN.

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Bone Cancer Survivor Can Rotate Her Leg 180 Degrees Talent

May 192013

Canadian YouTuber Joshea27 went through the terrible ordeal of bone cancer at a very young age in 2010. But she has persevered with a greater thirst for life.

As a part of her treatment, she had “a right internal hemi pelvectomy, where the entire right side of her pelvic bone was removed and nothing was replaced.”

Looking on the brighter side of things, she has now embraced her new special talent where she can rotate her right leg 180 degrees as a result of her surgeries.

As a part of Ellen’s ongoing Here’s My Talent contest, Jen made this montage of people reacting to her new talent which is now going viral.

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Matt Kemp Gives Disabled Teen His Cap, Jersey, And Shoes After Game

May 082013

Dodgers player Matt Kemp has gone viral, and it’s all because an unplanned act of kindness was caught on camera.

Joshua Jones is sick with cancer was at the last Dodgers-Giants game with his dad last Sunday. His dad started talking to third base coach Tim Wallach, telling him about his son who is sick but loves the Dodgers and Matt Kemp.

That was all Tim and Matt needed to hear. At the end of the game, Tim gave Josh a ball, and Matt gave him his cap, jersey, and even his sneakers!

Now, video of the scene taken by Josh’s good friend Tommy Schultz has gone viral, amassing over half a million views in just two days.

“He’s fighting a tough battle and this was such a great gift by Matt Kemp! I’ll never forget this,” says Tommy.

The story is further featured on LATimes, YahooSports, and DeadSpin.

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Boy Battling Cancer Scores Touchdown At Nebraska Spring Game

Apr 082013

Seven year old Jack Hoffman of Atkinson, Nebraska is not your everyday boy. For one thing, he is battling brain cancer. For another, he is supported by the Nebraska Huskers support crew Team Jack.

Jack was befriended by star running back Rex Burkhead, who has since been the leader of the support team.

Football operations director Jeff Jamrog and C.J. Zimmerer thought it would be a great opportunity to get Jack on the field during the big Spring Game.

When it was finally Jack’s time to shine, he ran 69 yards to score a touchdown. Both benches were emptied as all the players rose to their feet to celebrate Jack’s touchdown.

Since debuting over the weekend, the heartwarming video has garnered over 1.8 million views, and is further reviewed on HuffPost, NewYorkDailyNews, FoxNews, and NBCSports.

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Terminal Cancer Patient Zach Sobiech Performs ‘Clouds’ Music Video

Dec 172012

Seventeen year old Zach was diagnosed with osteosarcoma in 2009, a terminal bone cancer. After doing what they could, the doctors admitted there was nothing left to do.

Most people would wallow in their own misery as death hangs over their shoulder, but not Zach. He turned to music and wants to help others who suffer from his same illness even if he is no longer around.

His family started a new fund in Zach’s honor, and are taking donations so children in the future have a fighting chance.

Now, The Woolly Rhino published the music video for Zach’s original song Clouds, which currently stands with over 400,000 views.