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CHICAGO: Two Year Old Cancer Patient Misses Birthday Party After Rioters Loot Ronald McDonald House

"I ask myself why can he not just have cancer?"

Paul Bois
CHICAGO: Two Year Old Cancer Patient Misses Birthday Party After Rioters Loot Ronald McDonald House
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A two-year-old cancer patient was unable to go home and celebrate his birthday due to the rioting and looting in Chicago that eventually targetted the Ronald McDonald House near Lurie Children’s Hospital where he was staying.

According to WBBM, Owen Buell, who suffers from Stage 4 neuroblastoma, was slated to head back to his home in Joliet to “cake and ice cream” for his birthday. Those plans were dashed as rioting and looting broke out in the city.

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