TINUPAD ng 42 taong gulang na Detroit-based rapper na si Eminem ang huling kahilingan ng isang estudyante mula sa Rochester High School na si Gage Garmo ngayong linggo. Habang ang mga tao ay abala sa panonood ng Golden Globes, sinorpresa ni Eminem si Gage sa kanilang tahanan noong Linggo at nanatili sa loob ng isang oras at nagkuwentuhan tungkol sa hip hop at football.

Kinabukasan, base sa ulat ng The Detroit News, si Gage ay pumanaw sanhi ng sakit na Osteosarcoma, isang uri ng bone cancer. Ang 17-anyos na senior student ay na-diagnose noong siya ay freshman student at “underwent multiple surgeries” ayon sa kanyang GoFundMe page, na ginawa ng kanyang matatalik na kaibigan.

“He puts everyone before himself and cares about others,” nakasaad sa GoFundMe. “Prior to his senior year, a tough decision was made to amputate his leg hoping to finally stop the cancer. Unfortunately, it was not enough. The cancer had spread to his lungs and progressed at an uncontrollable rate.”

Noong nakaraang linggo, ilang araw na lamang ang ipinagkaloob para kay Gage. Sa pamamagitan ng social media hashtag na #GetGageGarmo-ToMeetEminem, kumalat ang kanyang huling kahilingan. Gumawa ng paraan ang Rainbow Connection, isang Rochester-based non-profit organization, upang magkita sina Gage at

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Eminem.

“Even though Gage was very medicated at the time, he sat up and spoke to Eminem, which is something he hadn’t done in several days,” ayon sa executive director na si Mary Grace McCarter sa nasabing pahayagan. “He passed away the next day.

“The fact that Gage was so very ill [meant] we just really got all hands on deck, but it is Eminem and his folks who really saved the day,” pagpapatuloy ni McCarter. “Everything was dropped and for [Eminem] to come to Gage’s home and sit next to him and talk to him was really something very special.”