Big Bird shares a very sad but very touching experience:

[gettlemanjack]

Ben Cameron

@ben_cameron

The man who plays Big Bird did an AMA (ask me anything) on

Reddit. First answer is so sad.

http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/356sal/hi_reddit_im_caroll_spinney_the_puppeteer_who_has/

[The_Light_Brigade]

Chills.

[jasonluckydog]

Damn pollen..

[bigskypanthersguy]

My feels cannot handle it, captain.

[SCMunnerlyn1]

Daaawe

[Mol3m4n]

Damn onions.

[Jangler]

Yep that happened.

[Jeremy Igo]

Touching story. No parent should ever go through this. I just can't even imagine it without getting emotional.

[Johnny Rockets]

Touching story. No parent should ever go through this. I just can't even imagine it without getting emotional.

 

 

No child should have to go through that either. 

 

 

Fug cancer.

[Jimmy]

If any of you ever have the opportunity to volunteer for an organization/non-profit that helps children with disablities and/or illness I encourage you to do so.  I promise you that it will affect/change you as much as it does them.  The smallest thing in our eyes can be the biggest thing in theirs; just a phone call in this case.  

 

This past weekend one of my wife's 1st grade students invited her to his t-ball game as part of his league's Teacher Appreciation Weekend.  What we didn't know until we showed up Saturday morning is this league helped those with disablities (some severe).  Although I was just a spectator it hit me right in the feels to see kids in wheelchairs grin from ear to ear to "run" to first base. Small things are big things.

 

Great story. 

[Darth Biscuit]

A very touching but horrible story.

[Hawk]

so...to summarize....big bird killed a 5 year old boy just because he called him friend?

 

 

I couldn't imagine and wouldn't wish bad health of a child on anyone....been extremely blessed to have two healthy kids and pray they stay that way

[teeray]

What a sweet but sad story. Teared up a bit reading that

[twylyght]

Reminds me of my cousin, who used to work in the terminal children's ward at Duke. It's horrendous to imagine what these kids endure. Even moreso for the parents. No parent should have to bury their child.