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In January 2009, during the first weeks of a six-month stay at the Children"s Hospital of Philadelphia for leukemia (白血病) treatment, Michael wandered over to his hospital window in search of relaxation. The
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first-grader watched a construction crew
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on a 10-storey addition to the hospital.
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Michael"s third-floor window, Ritchie, an iron-worker from the East Falls section of Philadelphia,
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and saw "this kid with no hair
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face was pressed up to the window. I waved, and he smiled and
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. I"ll never forget that," says Ritchie, a father of three.
As winter
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spring, Michael watched, fascinated (着迷), as 3,000 tons of steel
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formed the skeleton of the building. One day he colored a message for the crew and held
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up to the window: Hi, Local Iron Workers. I"m Mike. Ritchie and the
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crew messaged back. Over the
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months, as his treatment continued, Ritchie and the crew
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Michael up and cheered him with
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signs like Be Strong Mike.
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the construction reached the third floor, Ritchie jumped across the
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between the buildings and the two had a
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chat. The hard hat with the tender heart wells up (涌出眼泪) when he thinks about it. "Michael
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my life," says Ritchie. "I was a real hard-core (顽固不化的) person without a lot of sympathy. But I"d
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seeing this kid every day waving at me and excited about the construction. I look at life
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thanks to him. " Today Michael is a 10-year-old third-grader in complete recovery. What does he hope to
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when he grows up.9 "A construction worker," he says.