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Speaker 1: You're listening to the Fitzi and Whipper podcast.

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Speaker 2: We've found out a story of a young man by

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Speaker 2: the name of Brooklyn, a beautiful eight year old boy.

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Speaker 2: He's been diagnosed with neuroblastoma. He was diagnosed with that

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Speaker 2: around about four years ago. It's a type of cancer

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Speaker 2: that's very common in kids, and the treatment is usually

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Speaker 2: it has a high success rate. But unfortunately for the

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Speaker 2: family Brooklyn, he's relapsed numerous times over the years, and

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Speaker 2: now he's been told and the family has been told

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Speaker 2: that the cancer is terminal. He's got about six weeks left.

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Speaker 2: Got his ninth birthdays in October, but his parents, Kara

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Speaker 2: and John, had to bring his party forward a few

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Speaker 2: weekends ago because it doesn't look like he's going to

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Speaker 2: make it to his real birthday. John's quit his job

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Speaker 2: so he can be with Brooklyn for those final few months,

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Speaker 2: and Carazani's been selling home cooked meals to get the

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Speaker 2: family buy until they say their farewell to their little boy.

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Speaker 2: I just can't imagine this around.

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Speaker 1: We're just trying to get Kara and I believe John

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Speaker 1: on the line to have a chat to them to

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Speaker 1: see how Brooklyn is doing.

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Speaker 2: I just want to tell them that we've got their back,

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Speaker 2: Kara John And is that little Brooklyn Brooklyn?

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Speaker 3: Hello? Team, Hello Brooklyn.

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Speaker 1: We are looking at you, guys on the biggest TV

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Speaker 1: that I think has ever been invented, and your face

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Speaker 1: is right there on the screen. It's like we're giving

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Speaker 1: you a big hug, buddy, to say we're proud of

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Speaker 1: you and we love you.

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Speaker 3: How are you feeling at the moment, Brooklyn? I'm good,

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Speaker 3: You're good. Yeah, you're feeling better.

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Speaker 2: Apparently there's a whisper going around that there's a ninth

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Speaker 2: birthday coming up soon as well, but you had to

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Speaker 2: bring that forward.

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Speaker 3: Did you have a bit of a birthday party?

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Speaker 4: Yeah?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, what did you do? We had a quid party?

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Speaker 4: What did you ask me?

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Speaker 3: Machine age lost machine? Yeah?

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Speaker 1: That's fun?

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Speaker 3: Are fun? And how are you going? Mum and dad?

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Speaker 3: How's the last few weeks have been pretty tough? Yeah,

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Speaker 3: they've been really hard, but just getting through it.

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Speaker 2: So they're saying that the treatment usually there is a

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Speaker 2: high success right, it's but is it just relapsing? Is

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Speaker 2: it just kept coming back for Brooklyn?

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Speaker 3: Yeah?

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Speaker 2: So when he was first diagnosed, he had about a

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Speaker 2: year and a half of treatment and on the anniversary

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Speaker 2: of being declared cancer free.

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Speaker 1: He relapsed.

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Speaker 3: I can't remember the last time he's been cancer free.

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Speaker 1: Actually, Brooklyn, do you know how strong you are? Do

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Speaker 1: you know how much of a superstar you are? Yeah?

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 1: You hear about heroes and you talk about superheroes like

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Speaker 1: four and they do things in make believe worlds. But

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Speaker 1: you're living in a real world and you're fighting a fight,

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Speaker 1: so you are what's called a true superhero.

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Speaker 2: You are.

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Speaker 3: How are you going, Johnny?

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Speaker 2: I mean, how do you prepare for something like this?

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Speaker 2: How have you been as parents? You've been you know,

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Speaker 2: obviously we see how positive you are and smiles on

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Speaker 2: your faces. How are you spending the time together as

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Speaker 2: a family.

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Speaker 1: I guess, well, I'm not to say I'm just going

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Speaker 1: to spend time with him, do whatever we can. I

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Speaker 1: guess I suppose you just want to create the moments

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Speaker 1: and a bit of adventure, so you know in the

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Speaker 1: coming weeks that you've got together, you know, if you're

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Speaker 1: not working and you've got the time free, you just

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Speaker 1: want those memories.

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Speaker 4: It's like it's hard to plan ahead when we don't

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Speaker 4: know where we'll be.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Brooklyn, we want to do something for you

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Speaker 2: and Mum and Dad and the family. Okay, would you

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Speaker 2: like to go on a little bit of a holiday

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Speaker 2: with mum and dad?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, So, Brooklyn, and we wanted to let you know

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Speaker 1: that we have got your back and we want to

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Speaker 1: give you the keys to this city. We're opening up

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Speaker 1: all the exciting things that you could possibly do in

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Speaker 1: Sydney and we're handing them over to you.

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Speaker 2: We do think you are one of the strongest boys

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Speaker 2: going around and your story is an amazing story.

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Speaker 3: You're very, very tough.

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Speaker 2: I want to thank Daniel Finch and the amazing team

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Speaker 2: at what If because they've jumped on board and they

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Speaker 2: want to send the whole family to the Sophoatel in

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Speaker 3: So this is the weekend that you're going to have.

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Speaker 2: Away, and we're also going to send you along for

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Speaker 2: dinner at mister Wong's, so the whole family you can

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Speaker 2: have a beautiful restaurant and a nice feed there. And

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Speaker 2: Merlin Entertainment have jumped on board as well. Guess what, Brooklyn,

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Speaker 2: You're going to go to Madame TuS Swords. You're going

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Speaker 2: to go to the Sea Life Aquarium, Wildlife, Sydney Zoo

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Speaker 2: and the Sydney Tower. Wow does that sound good?

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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's that million dollar smile, Brooklyn. It's going to

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Speaker 1: be fun. It's going to be a lot of fun.

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Speaker 2: And Brooklyn, if you heard about Luna Park in Sydney,

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Speaker 2: do you know about Luna Park. Yeah, that's the big

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Speaker 2: man with a big smile on his face.

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Speaker 3: You're going to be walking through his mouth.

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Speaker 2: Guess what, Because we've got a family pass, food and

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Speaker 2: beverage vouchers and you're going to get all your photos

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Speaker 2: for the day at Luna Park.

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Speaker 3: You can go on all the rides that you want. Brooklyn,

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Speaker 3: Kara and John.

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Speaker 2: We just want to tell you guys, we're going to

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Speaker 2: give you five thousand dollars spending money for your stay

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Speaker 2: in the harbor, and also we're going to give you

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Speaker 2: another five thousand dollars to help with medical bills, which

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Speaker 2: can we imagine they're stacking up.

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Speaker 3: At the moment. What would that mean to you? Kara?

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Speaker 1: That so much?

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: We're extremely moved by the story you guys have shared

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Speaker 1: with us, and we just want to give you the

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Speaker 1: most special time possible for everyone to be together and

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Speaker 1: get that million dollar smile. We're going to keep that

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Speaker 1: smile on Brooklyn's face, all right, We love your buddy.

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Speaker 1: Keep that smile on your face because you are our

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Speaker 1: true hero.

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Speaker 3: Cara John, thank you so much for your time.

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Speaker 4: Thank you so much.

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Speaker 2: No, don't be sady. We know how hard this would be,

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Speaker 2: so look after him and enjoy the weekend.

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Speaker 4: Thank you.

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Speaker 1: Thanks guys hanging there.

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Speaker 3: Traina just wanted to give us a call from Campbelltown.

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Speaker 2: You're there, Trainer, Yeah, here, you've been emotional listening to

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Speaker 2: little Brooklyn.

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Speaker 4: There were Yeah, it just it really touched my heart

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Speaker 4: just hearing how brave that little boy is.

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Speaker 1: I know, it's you know, it's a tough one, Trainer,

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Speaker 1: isn't it.

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Speaker 3: Training You could. We're going to put this up on

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Speaker 3: our socials now, but you should have seen the smile

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Speaker 3: on the little fellow as well. Like it was huge.

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Speaker 3: It was huge.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Like I have four beautiful children of my own

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Speaker 4: and just think what the family is going through and

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Speaker 4: how strong he is.

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Speaker 1: I was really touching, And Trainer, I was talking to

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Speaker 1: my wife last night about it, just because we heard

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Speaker 1: about the story obviously before we spoke to him, and

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Speaker 1: I said, it feels like you know, there's there's only

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Speaker 1: so much you can offer, there's only so much you

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Speaker 1: can do. But through this you've got to think of

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Speaker 1: the great memories it'll create for the family. And like

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Speaker 1: FITZI said, it's one hundred percent escapism. I mean, it's

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Speaker 1: the smile on his face and it's the biggest smile.

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Speaker 1: He has the biggest smile. So we hope that, you know,

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Speaker 1: we can give him some sense of relief by taking

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Speaker 1: him away from the daily routine he's got at the moment.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and it's just the memories that they can cherish.

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Speaker 1: Cherish absolutely, so on.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we just wanted to We wanted to take their

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Speaker 2: minds off things this weekend and just to get away

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Speaker 2: and just spend smiling and laughing and having a good

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Speaker 2: time as a family. So we appreciate the family for

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Speaker 2: coming on and thank you so much for you call traders.

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Speaker 4: Thank you. And I was ringing more so I wanted

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Speaker 4: to know if there was any way that I could

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Speaker 4: help as well, help this family, like oh, very kind

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Speaker 4: with like getting with the community and like helping with

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Speaker 4: food money wise, like a go friend new page.

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Speaker 3: We've spoken, we'd love to help.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Trina, we've spoken to the family about that they're doing. Okay,

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Speaker 2: we were helping them out a little bit here there

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Speaker 2: as well, but we we just wanted to make his

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Speaker 2: experience over the next six weeks or so enjoyable and

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Speaker 2: with the family. So it's just about making memories at

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Speaker 2: the moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Trina, we'll hold on to you number Tommy. Can

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Speaker 1: you have a bit of research behind the scenes here

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Speaker 1: and if there's any way that you can help out, Trina,

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Speaker 1: that's very very generous.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and we'll put any details that we do get,

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Speaker 3: we'll put on our Instagram. The video is just about

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Speaker 3: to go up on our Instagram as well.

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Speaker 1: Guys, all right, you'll see there's that million dollar smile there.

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