Went for a walk in my quiet suburban neighborhood

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29 November 2020, 03:58 PM

wtg

Went for a walk in my quiet suburban neighborhood

...and off in the distance I could see all kinds of flashing lights and what looked like a ton of emergency equipment. I wondered if there was a gas main break or a fire at the school.

As I got closer I saw trucks. Lots of trucks. And muscle cars. Lots of muscle cars.

If it is big, fast, and/or loud, it was there.

Turns out a little boy who loves trucks and muscle cars just successfully finished his cancer treatments and is cancer-free. His family arranged a little parade to celebrate.

"Ninja Dylan Kicked Cancer's Butt":

Here's Ninja Dylan, sitting on an inflatable throne in front of his house:

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29 November 2020, 06:01 PM

CHAS

29 November 2020, 07:19 PM

ShiroKuro

Oh my goodness!!! That just makes my heart burst!

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29 November 2020, 07:28 PM

Steve Miller

That’s fantastic!

29 November 2020, 07:41 PM

wtg

They didn't do a good job of lining them up and staging them, so traffic was snarled in a four or five block area around Dylan's house.

If I had to guess how long the caravan was if they had all lined up, I think it was probably in the 8 to 10 block range.

There were all sorts of people out on their front lawns or who walked over from the surrounding area.

Those truck horns were deafening, as were the high horsepower vehicles with funky exhaust systems whose drivers revved them up so they'd make a lot of noise.

It was loud. And very touching.

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29 November 2020, 08:07 PM

Axtremus

Congratulations to Ninja Dylan for kicking cancer’s butt.

I like that cement mixer painted in pink.

29 November 2020, 09:52 PM

wtg

Here's the backstory from last week. CBS hasn't yet posted an update with footage of the actual event.

Transcript of story:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...leukemia/ar-BB1bcHOx

video version:

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/v...nt-to-beat-leukemia/

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30 November 2020, 09:59 AM

celebration time...isn't that wonderful.

30 November 2020, 10:06 AM

wtg

News coverage of the parade.

video may auto-start

https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2...es-cancer-treatment/

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30 November 2020, 12:09 PM

jon-nyc

That’s so awesome

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30 November 2020, 12:35 PM

pianojuggler

'Scuse me... I'll be back in a moment... I seem to have something in my eye...

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30 November 2020, 09:42 PM

BeeLady

Wonderful.

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