That is awesome! I'm so happy for you and your dad. I work in trauma research and we have been doing a study for the past four years related to GVHD. Basically we found that a significant number of trauma patients, if they get a transfusion, will still have the transfused cells present years down the line. It's called microchimerism. Long story short we have enrolled close to 400 trauma patients and are drawing their blood post transfusion to see if transfused cells are present. Down the line we hope to figure out why the immune system is allowing these cells with different DNA to survive in the bloodstream which made lead to a better understanding of GVHD.
Anyway, I'm so glad your dad is doing better and have fun at the shows!
i just want to say that when ed gave the dedication last night, i was so PROUD to be a fan of this band.
it gave me such joy and pride. i was SO happy for ruggs and his dad. I cannot imagine a better feeling, Im so glad his plan worked out above and beyond his expectations. I wanted to, but didnt, cry. It was just so cool to be following this story and see it happen live over the past week. I really was thankful to be a fan, and I had to tell everyone around me what was going on. It was just so human, so real, so great to be a part of.
Thank you Pearl Jam. It was a great show, that may have been my highlight.
I was in the 200s right above you @ MSGI when Ed did the dedication. It was awesome! How'd they know your seats?? There was a spotlight and everything.
ive just read all 15 pages again..this is just so cool..
well done to everyone who helped as well for making this possible
I just did the same, very cool thread and glad everything worked out for ruggs & his dad. Just an awesome story and as other people said in this thread, gotta love how the 10 clubbers were all willing to help out.
I was at Buffalo and the whole shoe thing really had me wondering what the hell was going on......well now I know.
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2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1 2018 - Fenway 1&2 2022 - Hamilton, Toronto 2023 - Chicago 1&2 2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
Awesome story. Thanks to all involved and all the best to you James, and your courageous dad.
Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16 Fenway 1 18 Fenway II 18
E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
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2009 - Manchester. 2010 - Dublin, Belfast, London, Berlin, Arras, Werchter. 2011 - PJ20 i & ii, Montreal, Toronto i & ii, Ottawa, Hamilton. 2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes. 2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
As many people have said before...this is why we all love this band!!! My wife started crying when Ed came out at MSG 1 and was talking about the letter and your father. Such a special moment for you to share with your pops. I wish you and your family all the best!!
A guy named Chris (TightropeHigher on the board) threw his shoe up on stage in Buffalo and the letter was inside the shoe. Completely awesome chain of events...
"Makes much more sense to live in the present tense"
Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13 Boston 16 - 1 Boston 16 - 2 Boston 18 - 1 Boston 18 -2 MSG 24 - 1 Boston 24 -1 Boston 24 -2
I was super happy to read that your dedication happened in Newark, but when I was in MSG and Eddie started talking about you guys again, I started bawling! So awesome! So so incredibly happy for you and your dad! We weren't sitting far from you and it was such an awesome moment to witness!
UPDATE: THANKS EVERYONE FOR MAKING MY REQUEST COME TRUE.
I read the 1st post and it didnt make sense then I went to the last post and read that
then realised that it had happened ..I went back to the 1st post where I had missed the
words UPDATE.....
I then cried....Im so happy for u and your dad.... Well done
Listening to the boot online now Ruggs! Glad it all worked out! That was one hell of a moment. Saw you two hugging during the song after he put the spotlight on you and played Lowlight.
ADD 5,200 to the post count you see, thank you.
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*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
Comments
Really...a double dedication for him?
David
That is awesome! I'm so happy for you and your dad. I work in trauma research and we have been doing a study for the past four years related to GVHD. Basically we found that a significant number of trauma patients, if they get a transfusion, will still have the transfused cells present years down the line. It's called microchimerism. Long story short we have enrolled close to 400 trauma patients and are drawing their blood post transfusion to see if transfused cells are present. Down the line we hope to figure out why the immune system is allowing these cells with different DNA to survive in the bloodstream which made lead to a better understanding of GVHD.
Anyway, I'm so glad your dad is doing better and have fun at the shows!
Ryan
yep...they were behind boom and ed pointed them out, spotlight and all...really cool!
Awesome, guess he must have met the band. Again, just awesome!
it gave me such joy and pride. i was SO happy for ruggs and his dad. I cannot imagine a better feeling, Im so glad his plan worked out above and beyond his expectations. I wanted to, but didnt, cry. It was just so cool to be following this story and see it happen live over the past week. I really was thankful to be a fan, and I had to tell everyone around me what was going on. It was just so human, so real, so great to be a part of.
Thank you Pearl Jam. It was a great show, that may have been my highlight.
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'09 :Philly 1 & 2 '10: Buffalo, Newark, MSG1, MSG2
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'14: Ams 1 & 2, Cincy, St Louis, Detroit, Moline '15: Central Park
'16 Philly 1 & 2, MSG 1 & 2, Toronto 1 & 2, Fenway 1, Wrigley 1
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well done to everyone who helped as well for making this possible
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#1) How cool is it that the band actually does some of this?
#2) Let's hope it doesn't lead to 500 million request threads and water it all down.
Congrats to you and your dad, and a thank you to the band for just being so damn cool and nice about some things.
I was in the 200s right above you @ MSGI when Ed did the dedication. It was awesome! How'd they know your seats?? There was a spotlight and everything.
I just did the same, very cool thread and glad everything worked out for ruggs & his dad. Just an awesome story and as other people said in this thread, gotta love how the 10 clubbers were all willing to help out.
I was at Buffalo and the whole shoe thing really had me wondering what the hell was going on......well now I know.
2009 - Toronto
2010 - Buffalo
2011 - Toronto 1&2
2013 - London, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
2014 - Cincinnati, St. Louis, Detroit
2016 - Ft. Lauderdale, Miami, Ottawa, Toronto 1
2018 - Fenway 1&2
2022 - Hamilton, Toronto
2023 - Chicago 1&2
2024 - Las Vegas 1&2
Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16 Fenway 1 18 Fenway II 18
E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
Troubled Souls Unite
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8N5VMPfF6E
Thanks for that, it was lovely to see it.
2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
Oh that was wonderful!!
This is the talk at MSG before Low Light
2012 - Manchester i & ii, Berlin i & ii, Stockholm. 2014 - Amsterdam i & ii, Trieste, Vienna, Berlin, Leeds, Milton Keynes.
2016 - Boston Fenway i & ii, 2018 - Amsterdam i & ii, Pinkpop, London i & ii, Padova, Krakow, Barcelona, Seattle i & ii.
Thanks also to Chime for the MSG I link. Very cool
Just to clarify, this clip is during the Newark show on the 18th, not MSG I.
Very cool. Great moment.
A guy named Chris (TightropeHigher on the board) threw his shoe up on stage in Buffalo and the letter was inside the shoe. Completely awesome chain of events...
Mansfield 08 1
Boston 2010
Montreal 2011
EV Prov 11
Worcester 1 13
Worcester 2 13
Hartford 13
Boston 16 - 1
Boston 16 - 2
Boston 18 - 1
Boston 18 -2
MSG 24 - 1
Boston 24 -1
Boston 24 -2
So glad your dad made it to that show!
I read the 1st post and it didnt make sense then I went to the last post and read that
then realised that it had happened ..I went back to the 1st post where I had missed the
words UPDATE.....
I then cried....Im so happy for u and your dad.... Well done
Simply Beautiful
great band! great fans!
god bless you all the way!
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Re: Can someone get this on stage? (UPDATE)
by CJMST3K » 19 May 2010 10:31
Glad it all worked Ruggs! Props to the guys who threw the letter in the shoe to get it up there at a previous show. I knew he'd read it after that.
81,
A bird with people shoes.
Incredible.
*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10