Big Rugged Fishermen Spend Entire Year Growing Their Hair Long To Cut It Off For One Little Girl With Cancer

Oct 30, 2019 by apost team

Cancer is truly the biggest evil our society must overcome. Cancer does not discriminate, picking its victims no matter how old they are or where they come from.

While doctors work diligently in laboratories around the world to fight cancer with medical technology, others help fight the disease in numerous other ways. Several fishermen in Florida recently chose to fight cancer by donating their hair to make wigs for patients.

Our story begins with Trinity D’Autorio, a three-year-old little girl fighting cancer. Trinity was diagnosed with neuroblastoma at only two years old and lost her hair to chemotherapy soon after. In a heartbreaking moment, Trinity recently told her father that she misses her hair.

At this point, Captain Terry Russo enters the story. While Captain Russo can’t give Trinity her own hair back, he can give her some of his.

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Inspired by the great suffering that kids with cancer must endure, Captain Russo, along with two other captains and two first mates, decided to grow out their hair so that they could donate it to Locks of Love, which gives hair to children fighting cancer.

The five fishermen had to make a big commitment to donate their hair. On average, donated hair is usually 8 to 14 inches long. Despite growing their hair out to such an unusual length for a year, the fishermen were more than willing to help.

Speaking with reporters from Fox 13 News, Captain Russo says that it makes him feel good to have helped children. Captain Derek Thomas echoed Captain Russo’s sentiment, expressing that by helping a kid, they are helping the future.

As they grew out their hair, the fishermen also collected donations, giving a check in the amount of $8,500 to the National Pediatric Cancer Foundation.

When it was finally time to donate their hair, the fishermen gathered at a Great Clips in Tampa, where they also met Trinity. Suzanne Smith, the salon’s manager, said that she appreciates everything that the fishermen have done to make kids with cancer feel more normal.

Tearing up, Smith says that she can only imagine what it is like for a little girl to lose all of her hair and supports charities like Locks of Love by giving free haircuts to people donating their hair.

What do you think of how the five fishermen donated their hair to help kids with cancer feel better? Have you ever donated anything to a charity that helps those with cancer?