Local child bravely battling cancer gets opportunity of a lifetime at Yankee Stadium

QUEENSBURY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Last weekend, 12-year-old Mason Queary did something most Yankees fan only dream of. He led a parade on the field at Yankee Stadium with thousands cheering him on. Yet for Mason, who is bravely battling cancer, the moment was about far more than baseball.

“I’ve sat in the hospital for almost a year and a half, and not once did I let it stop me,” Mason stated.

Mason was diagnosed with an NGGCT germ cell brain tumor at 10. Following the diagnosis, he went through chemotherapy, and a ten-hour brain surgery. After the procedure, he had to learn how to walk and talk again…

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