It's not often that the Red Sox, Bruins, Patriots – Boston three professional sports franchise-high join forces like this.
But it's also not often someone so young and so healthy struck a rare cancer, mesothelioma, which attacks usually older people after exposure to asbestos.
All three teams in major league baseball, National Hockey League and National Football League, include efforts to raise funds in support of Kevin Morrison, Athletic 21-year-old former high school star who fights the peritoneum mesothelioma game tickets.
"Kevin causes, '' the event is scheduled for 12 August at a local restaurant, hoping to raise money to cover the alternative treatment he needs but not covered by the family health insurance.
Morrison is currently at the nearby Dana Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, according to a press release from local firefighters Norwood 1631, where his father works.
As a senior, Norwood high school (class of 2008) Morrison was the team captain for football and hockey.
Norwood is a community of friendly 28 000 people, is located just 15 miles outside of Boston. It has rallied around the "Kevin reasons" event. Concannon, a restaurant in Norwood, provides a website for the evening. Norwood typography and fire Norwood sell tickets, promoting the event. Official site of prominence is the press release.
According to a family member who talked with Asbestos.com details Kevin present status and future appeals will, although friends and neighbors to promote events through Facebook and Twitter, along with various Web sites.
Mesothelioma is no stranger to the area. Cancer has struck many times around Boston, particularly in trades, many arising from the work in the shipyards, where asbestos was circulated.
Usually a long latency period – from 20 to 50 years – between exposure to asbestos and mesothelioma onset of symptoms is what made Morrison's case is so notable, though not unique.
Austin Lacy, former high school football player from Pasadena, California, died in June of complications caused by mesothelioma, only a week before he had to finish high school.
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