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<blockquote data-quote="Opmmur" data-source="post: 147226" data-attributes="member: 13"><p><span style="font-size: 26px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em><strong>Terminally Ill 5-Year-Old Boy Dies in Santa's Arms</strong></em></span></span></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/terminally-ill-5-year-old-boy-dies-santa-s-arms-n695096" target="_blank">Terminally ill boy dies in Santa's arms</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em>A terminally ill 5-year-old boy had his final wish fulfilled, dying in the arms of Santa Claus after he was afraid he would miss Christmas. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> Eric Schmitt-Matzen, with a classic long white beard and curled mustache, plays Saint Nick in Knoxville, Tennessee. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> Schmitt-Matze told <a href="http://www.wbir.com/news/local/santa-grants-dying-childs-last-wish/368486810" target="_blank">NBC affiliate WBIR </a>in an emotional interview Monday how he answered the call to grant one child's final wish to see Saint Nick before he died. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "When I got there, it was my job to make sure he got Christmas," Schmitt-Matzen told WBIR through tears. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> Schmitt-Matzen said he had just gotten home from work about a month and a half ago a when a nurse at a local hospital called him and said she had a very sick child who wanted to see Santa. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "He was more concerned about missing Christmas, than dying," Schmitt-Matzen told WBIR. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> When he arrived, Schmitt-Matzen said he asked the unnamed boy's family to leave the hospital room if they thought they would get too emotional so that he wouldn't burst into tears himself. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em>The boy's mother gave him a gift to give the boy, "something he was always wanting," he said, toys from the children's animated series PAW Patrol. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "What's this I hear you're going to be missing Christmas this year?" Schmitt-Matzen said he asked the boy. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> That's when the boy told him he heard he was going to die. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "Well, you're not going to miss Christmas, the elves already had your present, we knew you wanted this for a long time," he said he told the boy. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em><a href="http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_50/1829706/161212-santa-edit-2_feaa8d394710c5feda99986f32682644.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg" target="_blank"> <img src="http://media4.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2016_50/1829706/161212-santa-edit-2_feaa8d394710c5feda99986f32682644.nbcnews-ux-320-320.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /> </a></em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em>Eric Schmitt-Matzen WBIR</em></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "Really?" the boy asked, according to Schmitt-Matzen. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> He then gave the boy his gift "and that put a grin on his face," he said. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> Schmitt-Matzen choked up as he told WBIR that he told the boy "When you get up those pearly gates, you just tell them you're Santa's number one elf." </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "I am?" the boy asked, perking up, according to Schmitt-Matzen. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "You sure are, I'm sure they'll let you right in," he said. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> The boy then gave him a big hug, he said, and "he just looked at me and said, Santa, can you help me?" </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "And that's when he passed," Schmitt-Matzen said. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> Schmitt-Matzen first told his story to <a href="http://www.knoxnews.com/story/entertainment/columnists/sam-venable/2016/12/11/sam-venable-santa-grants-final-wish/95091356/" target="_blank">Knoxville News Sentinel Columnist Sam Venable</a> and it has since gained national attention. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> He told the publication that after the boy died, his mother ran back into the room screaming, and he left as fast as he could. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "I spent four years in the Army with the 75th Rangers, and I've seen my share of (stuff). But I ran by the nurses' station bawling my head off," he told the Knoxville News Sentinel. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> Schmitt-Matzen said he was ready to hang up his Santa suit for good in despair, but found the strength for one more children's show. </em></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 18px"><span style="color: #00ff00"><em> "When I saw all those children laughing, it brought me back into the fold. It made me realize the role I have to play," he told the Sentinel. "For them and for me." </em></span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
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