Ohio Boy's Death Sparks Nationwide Porch Light Vigil
When Gino Altieri of Stow lost his battle with cancer on June 24, communities near and far participated in a porch light vigil. Check out Stow Patch's most-read story of 2012.
Editor's Note: This week, we'll feature Stow Patch's best posts from 2012. Here's our most-read piece about a boy who inspired a nation with his passing. On Christmas Eve, we ask that you switch your porch light on and remind little Gino, and those like him, that hope is shining brightly in Stow. After Gino Altieri, 10, of Stow, died on June 24 after a two-year battle with cancer, Fishcreek PTA President Jen Taylor decided to start a porch light vigil to mourn his passing. The news of his death moved people from Stow and around the country — in Texas, Illinois, New York, Pennsylvania, Georgia, South Carolina and even in Stow's backyard in Cuyahoga Falls — to turn their porch lights on for Gino. Even a family from England said in the …
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Susan Deitrick
11:49 am on Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Gino will always be the light felt 'round the world...the light that not even death vould dim. Gina, Dom, and Addie, although your little Jedi Gino is celebrating Christmas with Jesus, he is still celebrating that same love with you. Let his joy be your joy, even as your joy is his... Hope to see you this week. more ›