Internet Connects Dying Girl to Her Musical Hero — in a Day

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Last edited Fri May 10, 2013, 07:12 PM - Edit history (1)

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New Jersey 19-year-old Marie Sowler was diagnosed with stage 4 leukemia. Her sister and father pitched in with a double bone marrow transplant. Sadly, it didn't work. Marie has been given just days to live.

Her fondest wish is to meet Kellin Quinn, lead singer for indie band Sleeping With Sirens. And thanks to the combined information-spreading powers of Reddit and Twitter, that wish looks like it is about to come true.

Marie's heartbreaking video, above, was posted to YouTube by Friends Are By Your Side, a foundation that provides wigs for chemotherapy patients and helps grant wishes for terminally ill children, early Thursday. Her story was posted to Reddit Thursday afternoon, and got upvoted to the front page of the site within one hour — a rare feat.

Thus began the campaign to connect the Oregon-based Quinn to his biggest fan, spawning the Twitter hashtag #kellinmeetmarie. It reached 800 tweets per minute by Thursday evening, and also received more than a thousand notes on Tumblr.

http://mashable.com/2013/05/09/reddit-twitter-kellin-quinn-marie/




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[Fumesucker]

1. K&R with tears

[freshwest]

2. ...

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3. just days.

[Cha]

4. thank you, OneGrassRoot. :(

[sabrina 1]

5. What a sad and yet beautiful story.

I wish she could have had a miracle but it seems she is surrounded by wonderful, compassionate people.

Thanks for the thread, OneGrassRoot.

[Skittles]

6. we so desperately need to hear the stories of good human spirit

I feel literally sick seeing the constant pictures of Ariel and the bomb brothers

[OneGrassRoot]

8. I'm trying....

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7. K&R!