Terminally ill boy whose last wish was to see Santa dies in his arms

kona786 · 13 Dec 2016 at 07:52

I wasn't expecting so much emotion. Got me right in the feels. RIP.

SHEDDER1uk · 13 Dec 2016 at 07:56

He's a member of a beard club page I am on. True legend of a bloke.

Soundood · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:08

John40 said:
Very sad story but really crying ? I don't know how some of you get through the day.

dude, I never cry, movies, mums death, sisters death, nada

I get through my day just fine, but this was just too much.

Spuj · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:16

What a terribly sad story, that really is heartbreaking poor little guy.

RIP

Josh · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:17

I tried to avoid reading that article yesterday.

Now I'm sitting in the office thinking about the feels, I believe someone may be cutting onions close by...

RIP little man.

StonedPenguin · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:28

Thekwango said:
Puts a whole lot of ****e that we moan about into perspective.

Dis86 · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:28

Really sad. Lovely thing for that man to do though and at least the kid went happy.

MikeB · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:30

I was affected by this as well, makes you reflect on what you have, what isn't so bad afterall

Freakbro · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:42

John40 said:
Very sad story but really crying ? I don't know how some of you get through the day.

Sometimes when you are swimming against the current, it really is just you going the wrong way and not everyone else....

J.T · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:47

This has completely obliterated me.

Proper kicked me in the heart.

Casdawer · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:48

Dem feels.

R.I.P.

dirtychinchilla · 13 Dec 2016 at 08:54

John40 said:
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You heartless *******!

Nodiggidy123 · 13 Dec 2016 at 09:09

dirtychinchilla said:
You heartless *******!

his post has been removed now.

very sad story.

platypus · 13 Dec 2016 at 09:31

robfosters said:
In fact, it made all my problems seem mere trivial annoyances.

Most things are when put into perspective alongside things like this

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RIP.

MatsyLR · 13 Dec 2016 at 09:41

Dont think I'll ever understand why people get upset over 1 death when thousands of people die every day.
Specially over someone you don't even know.
Poor kid though.....least his suffering is over.

cheesyboy · 13 Dec 2016 at 10:10

MatsyLR said:
Dont think I'll ever understand why people get upset over 1 death when thousands of people die every day.
Specially over someone you don't even know.
Poor kid though.....least his suffering is over.

You don't understand why people would be more upset about hearing the real human side of a young child dying than they would at reading a statistic for worldwide deaths?

I believe they call it "Empathy". Psychopaths don't posses it

jas72 · 13 Dec 2016 at 10:21

What a great guy read this last night...

Heart breaking although I think i'd want to be hugging my kid during his final moments even if santa were in the room.

John40 · 13 Dec 2016 at 10:24

MatsyLR said:
Dont think I'll ever understand why people get upset over 1 death when thousands of people die every day.
Specially over someone you don't even know.
Poor kid though.....least his suffering is over.

I said it was a very sad story but couldn't understand people crying which I thought was a perfectly reasonable post and it was removed as apparently not crying means I'm heartless.

PermaChanged · 13 Dec 2016 at 10:32

RIP little guy

maun · 13 Dec 2016 at 10:59

cheesyboy said:
Yeah, tough read this one. Was shedding real tears at my desk reading at work yesterday.

Longer version of the story adds a bit:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...claus-grants-final-wish-dying-child/95315536/

There's very few things that get me emotional outside of family/friends etc. But this really got to me, felt my eyes tear up, probably because i'm a father now etc that it hit me more.

There's no way i'm going to read a longer version, short one was enough for me.