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When Dexter Ojeda's cancer return to his brain last spring, he had to choose whether to resume the painful treatment that seemed to have eradicated the tumors first discovered when he was seven, prolonging his life by an underdetermined amount of time, or get to work on his bucket list.

The list included indoor skydiving, riding an elephant, petting a hedgehog, WDIO said.

Somewhere on that list is "have dinner with my doctor" and "get a police escort" because on Thurday the Duluth Police Department took care of one of those...

... and his doctor took care of the other, including the red Corvette, the limo for the family, and the honor guard.

Duluth Police Chief Mike Tuscan revealed the scene on 

NewsCut

Bob Collins

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When Dexter Ojeda's cancer return to his brain last spring, he had to choose whether to resume the painful treatment that seemed to have eradicated the tumors first discovered when he was seven, prolonging his life by an underdetermined amount of time, or get to work on his bucket list.


Dexter’s bucket list: A Corvette, a limo, a lot of cops and a good dinner

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