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Hey everyone,

I wanted to ask a favor of all of you and I will try to keep it as short as possible. My friends and I need help doing something very special for a friend who is dying of terminal cancer.

Basically, I’m trying to send my close college friend to the Super Bowl. My friend is a diehard 49er fan, and this could be the last game he will ever watch them play in. About seven months ago, a checkup for what seemed like a sinus infection and some associated vision problems turned into a fight against a cancerous golf ball-sized tumor in Nishant’s face; doctors gave him a 50/50 shot at the time. Six months later, after grueling chemo and radiology, it looked like he would emerge victorious in his battle. The cancer in his sinus looked to be all but gone. Unfortunately though, a post-treatment biopsy revealed cancerous growths in several spots throughout Nish’s bone marrow – a condition known as esthesioneuroblastoma, which has been documented in less than 1000 cases since its official discovery in 1924 - and the condition is pretty much fatal. Nish has been given 6-18 months to live.

At this point, I am coming to this site for multiple reasons:
1. I am raising money to fund this trip for him and his brother (his brother quit an awesome internship in silicon valley and withdrew from school to come home and take care of our friend). All donations can be made through the link at the bottom. Any donation, no matter how small would be amazingly appreciated.
2. We are looking for ways to get tickets as cheap as possible for the game. We have been in contact with multiple team front offices and NFL players, but nothing has come through thus far. We aren't looking for a handout, but buying tickets at face value (950) for him would be an amazing help to our cause. Every NFL player gets 2 tickets at face value if they want them so we are hoping that we can buy them through a player and that this would be a nice PR opportunity for that player. If anyone knows anyone in any type of front office role that would be helpful as well.
3. I am looking for advice from the board on how to publicize this to get the ball rolling. We've been planning this for a week or two but it's pretty hard to get the ball rolling without knowing if his team was going to be playing.

More info for those of you who are interested:
Donation Page: http://www.tiny.cc/nishfund
Youtube video one of my friends put together: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBNDcyFyrJo
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/Nishfund/info

I also attached a picture of my friend and I that we took after the games today. We were pretty excited!

Again, any advice or donations would be greatly appreciated. Thanks guys.