Ask anyone what the most emotional parts of THON are, and Family Hour will, year after year, certainly appear on that list. This year was no different as Four Diamonds families strolled across the stage at the Bryce Jordan Center and four shared their stories of their children's battles with cancer.
We last checked in with Ali Fogarty 10 hours ago when she was still anxiously waiting to see her family following a PASS System failure and huge line outside the Bryce Jordan Center. Since then, Fogarty has seen her loved ones twice and now feels "light years better," ready to take on and soak in the final four hours before sitting down.
Bill O'Brien wowed everyone one year ago at THON 2012 and came back for an encore performance today that was even more epic.
Being in the Bryce Jordan Center for days at a time is tiring. The one thing keeping everyone on their feet is the music, which has been blasting through the stadium sound system nonstop since THON started on Friday afternoon. Since it's such an essential part of THON, I wanted to find out what people thought of the music played so far. So I walked around the packed BJC concourse and asked anyone who would talk to me about their thoughts on this year's THON playlist.
Spectators at the BJC were treated to heartwarming performances Sunday morning, including one by the crowd-favorite, Tucker Haas!
With temperatures creeping down into the single digits and lines that snake around the Bryce Jordan Center leaving spectators waiting in the cold for hours, the health of those still trying to get into THON has shone its first signs of deterioration.