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Navy SEALs Team Up With Young Cancer Patients

Through the One Summit program, Navy SEALs spend the day indoor rock climbing with children with cancer. Pictured here, former SEAL Pat Dossett works with 12-year-old Loukas Tatasciore at a recent event in Watertown. (Fred Thys/WBUR)
Through the One Summit program, Navy SEALs spend the day indoor rock climbing with children with cancer. Pictured here, former SEAL Pat Dossett works with 12-year-old Loukas Tatasciore at a recent event in Watertown. (Fred Thys/WBUR)

Children who are patients at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston are offered all kinds of outings meant to boost their morale.

Now, the elite research hospital is teaming up with the military elite — Navy SEALs — to provide children with motivation to endure their often difficult treatments.

From the Here & Now Contributors Network, Fred Thys of WBUR reports.

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