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Marching Band Goes to Hospice Letting Woman See Grandson Play for the Last Time

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11 Oct 2011 10 views
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Marching Band Goes to Hospice Letting Woman See Grandson Play for the Last Time
In the final stages of cancer, an Arkansas grandmother was unable to hear her grandson in his marching band, playing the trumpet that she had bought him. Instead, the band came to her -- all 120 members with drums and horns and cymbals -- playing a concert beneath her window and granting her last wish.

In the final stages of cancer, an Arkansas grandmother was unable to hear her grandson in his marching band, playing the trumpet that she had bought him.

Instead, after a discussion with the director, the band came to her — all 120 members with drums and horns and cymbals — playing a concert beneath her window and granting her last wish.

(WATCH the video from NBC Nightly News)

 

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