The
Ambulance Wish Foundation
is a Dutch organization that helps bedridden terminal patients take
trips they would not otherwise be able to make. Patients ask to visit
their grandchildren, see museums, old homes or workplaces, or places
with good memories attached to them. The organization is getting
worldwide attention for this photograph of a patient’s visit to the zoo.
The
man, Mario (patient last name withheld), is a 54-year-old volunteer who
worked with the Rotterdam Zoo in the Netherlands for years. He has been
diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor and had one wish: To say goodbye
to the animals he had cared for.
The animals, especially this giraffe, were glad to see Mario, too. You can see more
photographs and read more stories from the Ambulance Wish Foundation at their
Facebook page.
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