Dying Kentucky boy may achieve his dream: Break a world record
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[quote]Under the Christmas tree was everything 9-year-old Dalton Dingus had hoped for -- an iPad and an iPhone, a big red toolbox filled with real tools just like his grandpa's, and a stack of Christmas cards nearly as tall he, each with the same wish: that he live to break a Guinness record, and for a long, long time after that.
For a month now, cards by the hundreds of thousands have come from all over the world -- well wishes and Christmas greetings from cities and countries the Kentucky boy had never before even heard of.
The cards have come from Germany and Ukraine, from South Carolina and South Korea. They're written in languages Dalton cannot speak, but they all deliver the same message, a wish that the little boy set a Guinness record for receiving most Christmas cards before he succumbs to a disease that has already made it virtually impossible for him to breathe.
As far as his mother, Jessica Dingus, is concerned, "It's a Christmas miracle."
At first, the cards came in slowly. A family friend had posted an appeal for well-wishes on Facebook. Dalton's mother would display them on the mantel and in his room beside his bed. Most came from neighbors and friends, a few from friends of friends.
That first post on Facebook went viral, spreading across the Internet, getting picked up by a local newspaper and other media.
Miss Kentucky showed up at Dalton's house in Salyersville, Ky., carrying some cards. So did a unit of Kentucky State Troopers and the star of Animal Planet's "Call of the Wildman."
By Wednesday, his mother estimated the boy had received 504,269 cards.
On Christmas Eve alone, the postal service delivered 30,000 individual letters, plus 1,972 packages, some of which were filled with cards and 55 express packages, said David Walton, a spokesman for the US Postal Service.
UPS and FedEx delivered hundreds more. Dalton has stage four cystic fibrosis. In October, his mother said, "Doctors had given up on him."
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D'awww
sorry if late
Source: [url]http://abcnews.go.com/News/dying-kentucky-boy-closer-guinness-record-christmas-cards/story?id=18069371&page=2#.UN1xPm880vo[/url]
There was a yahoo one too but it was identical
I feel like a complete bastard for chuckling at them being called 'Dingus'. But anyways, it's really nice to see that everyone can come together and do something nice for once.
It's nice to see some good news every now and again.
Poor little guy :(
I go to school near there, They had supplies and different things in the lobbies of all the residence halls on campus for people to come and make cards for him. They only planned to do it for a few days, but people went crazy with it, and made tons of cards, so they extended it.
It's really awesome, and I can't wait to see him break the record.
That is the saddest goddamn picture I've seen all month.
Literally cannot breath? Oh god. Any disease is terrible, but that, damn :/
Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.
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[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
Fuck off.
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
"now to go back to listening lincoln park"
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
You're an awful human being.
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
Wow you're so edgy, you really told that dying kid!
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
I imagine you're the type of person who kills people for fun.
ouch not being able to breathe sounds painful
Wow, you guys really take fr1kin's response seriously
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
awful man, just awful
Smells like assburgers in this thread
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.[/QUOTE]
All your posts are solid gold.
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[QUOTE=legolover122;39002180]All your posts are solid gold.
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Oh it's a troll.
AAAAAAAAAAAAAA
[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;39002218]He's a troll, congratulations to giving him the attention he wanted (in his last moments)[/QUOTE]
I spent about 30 seconds total responding to him, I won't be losing any sleep over it.
[QUOTE=Bentham;39002273]I spent about 30 seconds total responding to him, I won't be losing any sleep over it.[/QUOTE]
The responses to his post are almost more annoying than the actual thing
[QUOTE=Lufttygger306;39002325]The responses to his post are almost more annoying than the actual thing[/QUOTE]
Okay so can we get back on topic then? A club I'm in on campus spent part of our Christmas party signing cards for him. It was a nice way to feel like we were doing something remotely nice before we buried ourselves in textbooks and notes for finals week.
Poor kid, no one deserves a fate like that.
Glad he may get his last wish.
Holy shit I know it's bad but jesus his last name is [B][I]DINGUS[/I][/B]
Anyway, I hope they can break the record in time.
[QUOTE=Bentham;39002206]Oh it's a troll.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, he's a troll, that's rather evident from any one of his posts. However, the fact that someone out there is posting that kind of shit for entertainment and "the lulz", doesn't make that person any less of a scumbag. So sure he's a troll, but there is a person behind that troll account, and that person terrible human being who does not belong in society.
[QUOTE=fr1kin;39001866]Why a bunch of random people would write a random kid with cancer is beyond me. This little faggot is nothing more than a fad, and just like the fad, he's going to die soon.
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You've been reading to much Ayn Rand.
I feel terrible for that kid. I knew a guy who had cystic fibrosis once. He was almost always high, because it was the only thing that helped him take his mind off of it. I wish the article had his address - I would send him a card.
[QUOTE=Strongbad;39006109]I feel terrible for that kid. I knew a guy who had cystic fibrosis once. He was almost always high, because it was the only thing that helped him take his mind off of it. I wish the article had his address - I would send him a card.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]To send Dalton a Christmas card, address it to: Dalton Dingus HC 62 Box 1249 Salyersville, KY 41465.[/QUOTE]
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