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J.J. Abrams Grants A Dying Star Trek Fan’s Final Wish by Nobody: 6:50pm On Dec 29, 2012


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A few days ago, this message about a dying man's last request to see Star Trek: Into Darkness — or at least the nine-minute prologue — was posted on a Star Trek subreddit.
Here's the full request:
Hello Reddit. I've seen some amazingly kind and generous stuff happen on here. I'm hoping there's room for another amazing act of generosity and kindness for a friend of mine who is really sick. I couldn't begin to put into words what he has gone through. Luckily his wife did it for me… "My amazing healthy film buff husband diagnosed with leukemia (CML) at 38 had to endure 3 rounds of chemo before they found a bone marrow donor match had a BoneMarrow Transplant, which was MORE chemo, full body radiation & lots of other horrific things….then endured/survived 3 major infections + a massive GI bleed that put him in the hospital 10+ times over 3 1/2 years not tomention 100's of doctors visits…. he is my hero; I am his caregiver – I would do anything to help him…. he is now ravaged by a new TOTALLY UNRELATED cancer, (isn't that a fucker?) an aggressive and EXTREMELY rare vascular tumor that is crowding out his healthy liver tissue… they grew under treatment; there is nothing left to do but make him comfortable, at 41, he is jaundiced & his liver is enlarged, his body has had enough, he has weeks to live, He was hospitalized and had to exchange our HOBBITT tickets (where the 10 min Star Trek preview was supposed to be shown) we were able to put him in a car and get over to the HOBBITT but NO PREVIEW? we,his friends and family, the love of my life – WOULD LOVE him to be able to see the Star Trek movie but even the 10 minutes of the trailer would be AMAZING." If there is anything any one of you or anyone you know could do to make this happen that would be an amazing, kind and generous thing. Please help. Thanks.
TLDR; My friend is dying. Would like to see the new Star Trek movie. Please help. At the least, upvote to get to front page for someone else to see. Please.

And just like that, the word spread. The post has been up for just about three days, and already Abrams has responded. The original poster has updated their request with this bit of news:
"Holy cow everybody!!! I just heard from his wife that they are going to do it!! I don't know who it what the path was to get there but thank you so much to everyone that tried to help!!!"
We're not sure yet whether Abrams will be screening the 9 minute prologue or the whole film, for the fan. Either way, good job, internet.
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Re: J.J. Abrams Grants A Dying Star Trek Fan’s Final Wish by tayoccu(m): 9:51pm On Dec 29, 2012
Touching!
How I wish its a cure he's getting instead of a movie.

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