Dying Star Trek Fan Takes to the Internet to See Star Trek Into Darkness

The family and friends of a Star Trek fan with terminal cancer have turned to the popular social [...]

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The family and friends of a Star Trek fan with terminal cancer have turned to the popular social sharing site Reddit for help in getting the man a copy of the 10-minute IMAX preview of Star Trek Into Darkness. In a perfect world, the man would like to actually see the film before he dies, but at a bare minimum, his wife and some friends are hoping that they can get him the opportunity to see the extended preview footage that they believed was supposed to screen before their showing of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey earlier this month, but did not. The post is included below.

Hello Reddit. I've seen some amazingly kind and generous stuff happen on here. I'm hoping there's room for another amazing act of generosity and kindness for a friend of mine who is really sick. I couldn't begin to put into words what he has gone through. Luckily his wife did it for me... "My amazing healthy film buff husband diagnosed with leukemia (CML) at 38 had to endure 3 rounds of chemo before they found a bone marrow donor match had a Bone Marrow Transplant, which was MORE chemo, full body radiation & lots of other horrific things....then endured/survived 3 major infections + a massive GI bleed that put him in the hospital 10+ times over 3 1/2 years not to mention 100's of doctors visits.... he is my hero; I am his caregiver - I would do anything to help him... ...he is now ravaged by a new TOTALLY UNRELATED cancer, (isn't that a f--ker?) an aggressive and EXTREMELY rare vascular tumor that is crowding out his healthy liver tissue... they grew under treatment; there is nothing left to do but make him comfortable, at 41, he is jaundice & his liver is enlarged, his body has had enough, he has weeks to live, He was hospitalized and had to exchange our HOBBITT tickets (where the 10 min Star Trek preview was supposed to be shown) we were able to put him in a car and get over to the HOBBITT but NO PREVIEW???? we, his friends and family, the love of my life - WOULD LOVE him to be able to see the Star Trek movie but even the 10 minutes of the trailer would be AMAZING." If there is anything any one of you or anyone you know could do to make this happen that would be an amazing, kind and generous thing. Please help. Thanks. TLDR; My friend is dying. Would like to see the new Star Trek movie. Please help. At the least, upvote to get to front page for someone else to see. Please.
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