Name: Strangers rally together to celebrate Cape Fear High School senior unable to attend graduation
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Description: When a Cumberland County high school senior's disabilities prevented her from walking across the stage at graduation, strangers stepped up to celebrate.

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GARNERED MORE THAN 500 SIGNATURES FROM CONCERNED RESIDENTS. THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT I DID REACH OUT TO THE COUNCIL MEMBER WHO REPRESENTS THIS DISTRICT AS WELL IS DEVELOPERS WITH THE PROJECT AND WE ARE STILL WAITING TO HEAR BACK FROM THEM. >> AARON THOMAS LIVE IN RALEIGH. THANK YOU. >>> NOW TO THE STRONG SHOWING OF SUPPORT FOR A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR DISABILITIES PREVENTED HER FROM WALKING ACROSS THE STAGE AT GRADUATION. LOOK AT THESE CARS AND OTHER VEHICLES LINED UP  FOR MILES. WERE THAN 700 OF THEM TO CONGRATULATE ONE YOUNG WOMAN WHO OVERCAME A LOT OF OBSTACLES TO GRADUATE. BILL FISHER TELLS US HOW STRANGER STEPPED IN TO HELP HER CELEBRATE. >> Reporter: THEY CAME BY THE HUNDREDS. HOLLERING AND HONKING TO HONOR A MEMBER OF THIS YEAR'S GRADUATING CLASS. >> SHE LOVES LOUD MUSIC. THERE WAS A LOT OF THEM. >> 19-YEAR-OLD HAS AUTISM AND DOWN SYNDROME AND IS NONVERBAL. >> SHE'S HAD TO OVERCOME SO MUCH. >> Reporter: UNABLE TO WEAR A FACE MASK SHE COULDN'T PARTICIPATE IN THE HIGH SCHOOL'S GRADUATION. THAT'S WHEN HER MOM POSTED TO FACEBOOK. >> I WANTED THE COMMUNITY TO COME TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE LEANNA BECAUSE SHE IS OFTEN OVERLOOKED. >> Reporter: THE INITIAL FACEBOOK POST ABOUT A DRIVE- THROUGH GRADUATION DID NOT GET ALL THAT MUCH ATTENTION. BUT WHEN TERRY CAVALIER POSTED AGAIN, THIS TIME EXPRESSING HER DISAPPOINTMENT, PEOPLE TOOK NOTICE. >> SHE DESERVES JUST AS MUCH AS ANY OTHER KID DESERVES. SHE GRADUATED. >> Reporter: ROBERT HELP SPREAD THE WORD AND ON SUNDAY THEY CAME. >> IT'S WILD HOW MEAN THE WORLD CAN BE AND HOW ONE ANGEL BROUGHT US TOGETHER. >> Reporter: STRANGERS, ABOUT 750 CARS CAME FOR LEANNA. >> EVERYBODY'S HEARTS OPENED UP. IT'S LIKE GOD WAS TELLING EVERYBODY TO OPEN YOUR HEARTS AND COME TOGETHER AND LET'S DO THIS. >> Reporter: I HAD TO HOLD BACK TEARS BECAUSE IT WAS SPECIAL AND WONDERFUL TO SEE THAT IT WAS ON SO MANY PEOPLE'S HEARTS TO SHOW UP THAT LIKE THEY DID. >> Reporter: A COMMUNITY CELEBRATING A MAJOR MILESTONE AND HOPEFULLY INSPIRING A NEW WAVE OF KINDNESS. >> MAYBE THIS WILL TOUCH THEM IN A SPECIAL WAY THAT THEY NEED TO BE A GIVING PERSON. >> Reporter: JOE FISHER, WRAL

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