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The Sweet Story of How ‘The Rock’ Helped a Young Fan Fight Cancer

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By Olivia B. Waxman

Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson met one of his biggest fans and his new hero over the weekend in an encounter that kind of resembled a high-speed car chase with the best possible ending.

(h/t MTV)

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