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Discuss “Drama student plays Spiderman to boy with leukemia ”

After a long day of chasing the Green Goblin, Spiderman made his way to the Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh to pay a special visit to his biggest fan, Noah Rheinlander, on Saturday afternoon.

Noah is a three-and-a-half-year-old leukemia patient. Spiderman is a sophomore in drama named Ian Harding.

Last week, Noah’s aunt, Joanne Rheinlander, contacted people in the School of Drama with an unusual request: She wondered if an actor would dress up as Spiderman to cheer up her nephew, who recently underwent a stem cell transplant to treat his second bout with leukemia.

Drama professor Barbara MacKenzie-Wood responded quickly and sent out an e-mail to all drama students. Harding was the first to respond.

“I’ve never done anything like...

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Comment 1. Lani Berson
Nov 28, 2006 at 07:13 PM

I am a friend of Noah's aunt Joanne. I am just one of hundreds of people in Noah's "villiage" who will forever be deeply grateful to Ian for his loving and gracious gift to an amazing kid. Thanks so much, Ian. Know that your audience was FAR greater than one awestruck little super-kid!!
nuff respect, see you at the Oscars!

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