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A little Tiger earns his wings: Cole Henderson's inspiring story will live on

Sometimes you cry. And then there are times when you ugly cry. Saturday and a good bit of Sunday were ugly cry days for many of us after Cole Henderson earned his angel wings.

I wrote a story last May about Cole and his Clemson family. Cole, a rambunctious two-year old with a beaming smile and loving spirit, had been diagnosed with neuroblastoma, rare cancer that develops in the sympathetic nervous system, a network of nerves that carries messages from the brain throughout the body. About 700 children are diagnosed every year in the United States.