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IS NOT CONTAGIOUS.
AS THE COLTS PREPARE FOR
TOMORROW'S GAME AGAINST THE
JETS, TONIGHT HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
ARE COMING OUT TO SUPPORT COACH
CHUCK PAGANO AND OTHERS BATTLING
CERTAIN TYPES OF CANCER.
24-HOUR NEWS 8'S DUSTIN GROVE.
THIS IS FOR THE INDIANA
CHAPTER OF THE LEUKEMIA AND
LYMPHOMA SOCIETY, THE MONEY
GOING TO CANCER RESEARCH.
ALSO TO HELP TAKE CARE OF PEOPLE
CANCERS.
THESE KIND OF CANCERS HAVE BEEN
IN THE HEADLINES THIS MONTH
SINCE WE LEARNED COLTS COACH
CHUCK PA GAN SO IS BEING TREATED
FOR LEUKEMIA.
HE IS ONE OF 140,000 AMERICANS
EVERY YEAR DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM
OF BLOOD CANCER.
I THINK EVERYONE WHO HAS A
LITTLE CELEBRITY OR NOTORIETY IN
A COMMUNITY IS DIAGNOSED, PEOPLE
STAND UP, PAY ATTENTION, THEY
LISTEN.
THEY WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
THEY WANT TO HELP HIM OR RELATE
TO HIM BECAUSE THEY SAY, WOW, HE
DOES SOMETHING GREAT FOR OUR
CITY, WE WANT TO HELP.
I HAVE A LOT OF FAMILY AND
CAUSE.
TO SEE ALL THE PEOPLE HERE
TONIGHT IS GREAT.
THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA
SOCIETY HOLDS WALKS LIKE THESE
EVERY FALL IN HUNDREDS OF
COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
WALKERS WILL LIGHT TONIGHT BY
THE HUNDREDS BY CARRYING
ILLUMINATED BALLOONS.
WE WILL SEE WHITE FOR SURVIVORS,
RED FOR SUPPORTERS AND GOLD TO
REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE LOST
THEIR BATTLE WITH CANCER.
BUT WALKS LIKE THESE ARE MEANT
TO INSTILL HOPE THAT, SOME DAY,
EVERYONE WHO BATTLES THESE KINDS
OF CANCER AND ANY CANCER WILL BE
A SURVIVOR.
WE'LL HEAR FROM SOME SURVIVORS