Cancer patient has house robbed
Vermont
Thieves Target Teen Cancer Patient:
Reason to Blow Up the World:â?¦
Thieves in Vermont targeted the home of a young cancer patient while he was undergoing treatment in Boston.
NewsCenter 5’s Mary Saladna reported Thursday that Jeff Cota is currently recovering from surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital. The 17-year-old high school basketball star has osteosarcoma — bone cancer in his leg.
While teammates and even opponents have rallied to his support, they are now outraged over news that Jeff has been victimized by thieves.
Jeff’s sister, Katie Cota, discovered the crime when she came home from work on Sunday. His new XBox 360 and more than $1,000 worth of games and DVDs were missing from his room.
Police said that they believe the suspects who broke into the Georgia, Vt., home had been in the home before and knew that Jeff had cancer and was in Boston getting treatment.
When a local radio station shared Jeff’s story Thursday, it was swamped with callers making donations to help Jeff and replace his stolen property.
One listener purchased a new Xbox 360 for Jeff and dropped it off at the radio station.
While it did have a happy ending sort of it doesn’t make it any less Doomworthy.
What ‘they’ should do: ‘They’ should give the thieves cancer.
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