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FIGHTING FOR ANSWERS, ADVOCACY, AND A CURE

Tom Connor loved Disney World.

“We spent our vacations at Disney,” remembers his wife, Sheila. “Sometimes we went more than once a year. Tom’s idea of a vacation was getting to the parks at 7 a.m. and staying until late in the evening.”

Tom loved roller coasters and Walt Disney’s vision of creating a special place where families could spend time together and make memories. And going to the park with his four kids? That made a magical trip even more magical.

“Any time he could spend with his kids was a golden time for him,” Sheila says.

Tom even loved visiting Disney when he needed to

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