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From: chuq%plaid@Sun.COM (Chuq Von Rospach)
Newsgroups: soc.net-people,misc.headlines,misc.kids,misc.misc,news.misc
Subject: Re: David's Last Wish
Keywords: He's trying for a world record
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Date: 15 Dec 88 06:45:09 GMT
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Reply-To: chuq@sun.UUCP (Chuq Von Rospach)
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>There is a young boy by the name of David at the Sloan Kettering Cancer
>Hospital who is terminally ill.  His last wish is to be in the Guiness
>Book of World Records for having received the MOST Christmas cards EVER.
>Therefore, they have started a campaign to honor his last wish, and rather
>simple, request.  If anyone would like to take the time to send David a
>Christmas card, please mail it to:
>
>David
>A Child's Last Wish
>PO BOX 5997
>Spring Hill, FLA  34606

NO!!!!!!!  We just went through this whole shebang on CompuServe. This David
DOES exist, unlike all the previous Davids. However, he's already received
something like 3 million cards, and the Last Wish folks are now actively
asking people to NOT SEND ANY MORE CARDS. This was confirmed by multiple
contacts from folks in the CompuServe Sci-Fi sig.

So let this one die. Please.

A couple of other comments. The kid's real name is Mario, according to Last
Wish. They used a fake name to protect his identity -- and coincidentally
ran into the Scotland David of postcard hoaxes. And according to last wish,
his cancer is also currently in remission.

Chuq Von Rospach	Editor/Publisher, OtherRealms		chuq@sun.COM

When you're up to your *ss in alligators, it's hard to remember your initial
objective was to drain the swamp.