Community rallies to pray for boy battling with cancer

Community members marched around Hospice Buffalo as if it were the Biblical story of Jericho on Saturday.

GATHERED OUTSIDEHOSPICE BUFFALO TOSUPPORT AN 11-YEAR-OLD BOY WHO ISFIGHTING A RAREFORM OF BRAINCANCER.SEVEN EYEWITNESSNEWS REPORTERADAM UNGER HASMORE ON A MESSAGETHAT IS DEFINITELY"BUFFALO STRONG"."BE HEALED, SOLIEL!"SOLIEL BROWN HAD ACROWD OUTSIDE HISWINDOW AT HOSPICEBUFFALO ONSATURDAY.

A GROUPORGANIZED BY EKAETEBAILEY AND JESSICAMAJEWSKI GATHEREDTO PRAY FOR HIM."EVERYONE'S DOINGPARADES THESE DAYS.YOU KNOW, LET'S GOTHERE AND SOCIALDISTANCEAPPROPRIATELY.

WEFELT PRETTYDETERMINED TO ATLEAST WALK SO HE ITWAS ALL ABOUT HIMHE COULD SEE PEOPLETHERE AND SEE THELOVE AND THESUPPORT."BROWN HAS BEENBATTLING A RAREBRAIN CANCER FOROVER A YEAR.

FAITHHAS BEEN A FOCALPOINT FOR HIS FAMILYAND HIS COMMUNITY.AND THE PRESNECE,AND PRAYERS, OFSTRANGERS MADE HISMOTHER'S DAY."YOU KNOW TO TAKETHE TIME OUT TOINCLUDE HIM AND JUSTTO BE THERE.

YOUKNOW, BUFFALO NEWYORK IS THE CITY OFGOOD NEIGHBORSRIGHT?

I GUESS THEBEST WAY TO EXPLAINWHAT IT MEANS IS TOKNOW THAT WE AREALL ROOTING FOREACH OTHER TO BESUCCESSFUL."CO-ORGANIZERSMAJEWSKI AND BAILEYARE BOTH MOTHERSTOO.

AND THEY BOTHADMIRE BROWN ANDBALDWIN'SPERSERVERENCE."WE CAN'T ASMOTHERS OURSELVESIMAGINE WHAT SHE'SGOING THROUGH ANDJUST TO SEE THESTRENGHT THAT SHEHAS HAD AND HERFAMILY'S HAD IS VERYINSPIRATIONAL."EVERYONE WALKEDAROUND THE HOSPICECENTER SEVENTIMES A REFERENCETO THE BIBLICAL STORYOF JERICHO ANDALTHOUGH SOLIELCOULDN'T SPEAK, HEHAD OTHER WAYS OFSHOWING HOW MUCHTHE RALLY MEANT TOHIM."IT REALLYBRIGHTENED UP HISDAY.

SO YOU KNOWSEEING EVERYBODYCOME OUT HERE, HEHADHE WAS DEFINITELYHAPT WAJUI,D BAILEY ALL ASKFOR PRAYERFIND ON W-K-B-W DOTCOM.

IN BUFFALO,HOW AY?NATS OF XMAS MUSICPLAYING FROM CARSOMESENEA THISAFTASMUSIC...YOU CAN SEE THE CARNPLANTED ON THEROOF OF THEOW RLL BADAM UNGER, 7EWN.