Terminally Ill Boy Made Honorary Sheriff in Pennsylvania

Terminally Ill Boy Made Honorary Sheriff in Pennsylvania
Lehigh County Sheriff's Department
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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A terminally ill boy was granted his final wish: to be sheriff for one day.

Kaleb Holder, 8, of Pennsylvania, is suffering from adrenoleukodystrophy, or ALD, which affects 1 in 18,000 people. The disease destroys myelin, the protective substance that surrounds neurons in the brain.

(Lehigh County Sheriffs Department)
Lehigh County Sheriffs Department
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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