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QB fulfills 4th grade promise, takes girl with Down syndrome to prom
When Ben Moser was in fourth grade, he made a promise. He told his mom that someday he would ask his friend Mary to the prom.
Mary Lapkowicz has Down syndrome, and according to a moving story about their friendship in The Patriot-News, she and Moser have long shared a special bond.
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The teens no longer attend the same school, but that didn’t stop Moser, a quarterback on the football team at Susquehanna Township High School in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, from fulfilling his childhood vow. On Friday, the 17-year-olds attended Moser’s prom together.
As news of their prom date went viral on Reddit this weekend, netizens celebrated the friendship that Lapkowicz and Moser share.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/05/11/quarterback-friend-with-down-syndrome-prom_n_7254478.html?ir=Good+News