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VIDEO:  Student battling leukemia beats the odds, graduates as prom king
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Student battling leukemia beats the odds, graduates as prom king

Tom Sweeney, of Philadelphia, was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 13, but that didn't stop him from graduating with the rest of his class.

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