Lucas: Finding Toughness

Posted Nov 16, 2013
I did two things Friday. I went to see Sylvia Hatchell at the UNC Cancer Hospital and I watched Carolina play a basketball game at the Smith Center. These two things were exactly 0.8 miles apart. And it seemed a little awkward that here we were, clapping and cheering while UNC defeated Holy Cross, and less than a mile away, someone we all know was sitting in the hospital battling leukemia. (GoHeels.com)

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