More than 40 teens and young adults battling cancer said emotional goodbyes to family Friday as they boarded buses headed for Logan Airport to travel to Red Sox Spring Training in Fort Myers, Florida.
The patients, between the ages of 13 and 22, are undergoing treatment at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute’s Jimmy Fund Clinic.
“I’m excited and nervous,” said 13-year-old Robbie Vigeant, a Newburyport seventh-grader battling brain cancer. “I’ve never left family before. I’ve never been away from them. And I’m also excited for the experience to meet the Red Sox and do everything.”…