Cancer is always devastating, but there’s something even more gut-wrenching about the disease when it strikes a young child. After complaining about feeling lethargic and sick for weeks, first grader Zach was finally diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, an aggressive cancer of the white blood cells. But his best buddy Vincent Butterfield never left his side. He even shaved his head to make Zach feel less lonely.
This heart warming human interest story was published a year ago by WTNH News8, but it has only gone viral now with over one million new views!