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Cancer Patient Gets Date With Taylor Swift
Updated: Friday, 24 Feb 2012, 10:09 PM EST
Published : Friday, 24 Feb 2012, 5:09 PM EST
A local high school student whom Fox 29 first reported on as seeking a date with Taylor Swift will have his wish come true.
Kevin McGuire’s sister contacted Fox 29 about her brother and she wanted our help getting a date for Kevin with Taylor Swift for Kevin’s senior prom in New Jersey.
Between the McGuires, Fox 29 and a bunch of people on Twitter, Swift got the news while in Australia promoting her new movie.
And on Friday, Swift stepped up the plate by asking Kevin if he would go with her to the Academy of Country Music Awards in April.
We are pretty sure Kevin will accept the offer.
Fox 29 first reported the story on Wednesday night after we spoke with Victoria McGuire and we asked people to tweet the story via a link on MyFoxPhilly.com.
We followed with a second story on Thursday night with a video interview with Kevin .
The story went national and soon news made it to Swift.
We will keep in touch with Kevin until he goes on his date with Taylor.
Kevin , 18, is being treated at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia for cancer, and a relapse of the disease has cast a pall over his senior year at Sterling High School.