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A teen and his begetter had a once-in-a-lifetime acquisition acknowledgment to a thoughtful motion from a CEO.
Joseph Tegerdine, 18, of Springville, Utah, is presently successful his 5th twelvemonth of battling bony cancer.
Tegerdine was diagnosed pinch osteosarcoma bone cancer successful May 2019 aft suffering from knee symptom ever since he was 13.
In Jan. 2022, crab was besides recovered successful his lungs and his hip. He had room and chemotherapy to dainty it.
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Two years later, successful Feb. 2024, nan crab was recovered again successful his lungs, thing his mother told Fox News Digital pushed nan family to statesman checking things disconnected his bucket list, arsenic Fox News Digital antecedently reported.
"We’re focusing connected making memories and doing bucket database items for him," Kerry Tegerdine said.
Joseph Tegerdine, property 18, received a Ford Mustang acknowledgment to his father. (SWNS)
One of those bucket database items included owning a Ford Mustang — something Joseph Tegerdine’s father, Joe Tegerdine, made hap recently.
Kerry Tegerdine told Fox News Digital that her hubby knew her boy wouldn’t person capable clip to prevention capable money to bargain it himself — so her hubby went retired and bought him one.
Yet nan bully news for Joseph Tegerdine didn’t extremity there.
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As nan elder Joe Tegerdine posted connected X, "For those wondering why I’d bargain my 18yr aged boy a 330hp Mustang, well, he’s been fixed months to unrecorded and can’t activity agelong capable to bargain 1 himself. His remark connected nan measurement home: ‘Dad, I’m going to compression a fewer other months of life conscionable to beryllium capable to thrust this,’ #cancersucks."
The station connected X gained attraction from galore — including Jim Farley, nan CEO of Ford Motors.
Joseph Tegerdine, 18 years old, was diagnosed pinch crab 5 years ago, but he sewage to unrecorded retired a dream infinitesimal conscionable recently. (Joe Tegerdine)
In a tweeted response, Farley shared his condolences for what nan Tegerdines were going done — then offered some Joe Tegerdine and boy Joseph Tegerdine nan chance to thrust a Ford Mustang Dark Horse connected nan way astatine nan Ford Performance Racing School successful Charlotte, North Carolina.
This past week, nan Tegerdines did conscionable that.
In a telephone question and reply connected Tuesday, April 16, Joe Tegerdine told Fox News Digital that nan acquisition was difficult for him to put into words.
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"It’s difficult to describe, [but] there’s this emotion of finality … This is astir apt our past clip doing thing for illustration this," he said.
The brace traveled from Utah to North Carolina for nan occasion, thing Joe Tegerdine said almost didn’t hap owed to his son’s accrued hep symptom aft radiation complete nan past fewer weeks.
Dad Joe Tegerdine, astatine right, is pictured pinch his son, Joseph Tegerdine, left. The dada told Fox News Digital that it was difficult to put into words really overmuch nan acquisition meant to him. (Joe Tegerdine)
"He [Joseph] was like, ‘Dad, I don’t attraction if you person to rotation maine successful connected a gurney, I’m going to this driving school’," he recalled.
He added, "He [Joseph] had nan astir power I’ve seen successful months, conscionable a ace large grin and ace excited."
"You conscionable recognize that you’re enjoying these precious small moments of smiles and excitement and not knowing really galore much location are going to beryllium earlier he passes."
The brace were taught really to decently thrust nan specialty conveyance and much earlier getting their chance down nan steering wheel.
"I mean, everything was conscionable specified a awesome adrenaline unreserved and a awesome experience," he said.
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Ford Motors moreover amazed nan 2 pinch civilization helmets for their driving schoolhouse acquisition that matched nan shape of their sports car.
Joseph Tegerdine is shown connected nan racetrack. (Joe Tegerdine)
Ford Motor Company president and main executive serviceman Jim Farley told Fox News Digital via email that nan institution was "simply happy [that] we could supply this acquisition to Joe and Joseph."
Joe Tegerdine shared that his boy vanished radiation connected Monday, April 15, successful an effort to extremity nan largest tumor connected his lungs from increasing further.
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However, Joseph Tegerdine had an expanding magnitude of symptom successful his hep wherever different ample tumor lies.
"He’s exhausted," Joe Tegerdine said. "There are nary treatments near for osteosarcoma — we’ve beautiful overmuch exhausted everything."
Joseph Tegerdine is pictured pinch a civilization helmet from Ford Motors. (Joe Tegerdine)
He added that nan racing schoolhouse acquisition was difficult to picture owed to its "feeling of finality."
"You conscionable recognize that you’re enjoying these precious small moments of smiles and excitement and not knowing really galore much location are going to beryllium earlier he passes," he said.
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Joseph Tegerdine is still doing emblematic 18-year-old things for illustration going to prom this month.
Dad Joe Tegerdine told Fox News Digital that his boy and his woman will return prom photos successful beforehand of nan Ford Mustang.
"It’s a precious time," his begetter said.
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Brittany Kasko is simply a manner accumulation adjunct pinch Fox News Digital.
