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Dying child's wish: climbing wall for friends
Dying child's wish: climbing wall for friends April 12, 2004 ST. LOUIS -- Battling an incurable brain tumor that robbed him of his sight, 9-year-old Mak Shulist made a dying wish that had nothing to do with meeting with a celebrity, shaking a president's hand or going to Walt Disney World. Before his death Friday, Mak got the Make-A-Wish Foundation to do something for his friends -- build a rock-climbing wall on the playground of Ellisville Elementary School. ''It says a lot about the family and the type of person he was -- selfless, thoughtful and caring,'' said Dave Knes, principal at the 600-student school in suburban Ellisville. ''We learned a lesson from a 9-year-old -- that even when we're going through tough times we should be thinking of other people and not ourselves.'' Mak's illness was diagnosed about a year ago, Knes said, when physical education teachers noticed him losing his balance and falling while he ran around the track. Despite chemotherapy and radiation treatments, the tumor came back last fall about the time Mak started third grade, Knes said. Copyright 2004, Digital Chicago Inc. -- LP In politics, moderation is the best policy. |
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