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Medics help man fulfill final wish: Watching ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’

Shawn Norman was diagnosed with a rare syndrome that made him constantly weak and tired

By Eric Hanson
KCCI

ANKENY, Iowa — Star Wars fans had been waiting for this weekend for years and judging by the record-breaking numbers at the box office most of them got to see “The Force Awakens.”

Among them was Shawn Norman. He was the guy in room No. 5 in the intensive care unit.

He is 28 years old and was a kid when doctors first said the words, “Noonan Syndrome.”

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