Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He taiohi Connecticut ki te mate pukupuku i tangohia tona whawhai ki te mutu i ona maimoatanga chemotherapy ki te Kooti Supreme o te kawanatanga me noho tonu i roto i te tiaki o te kawanatanga ahakoa kua haere tana mate ki te murunga, i whakatau te kaiwhakawa i te Wenerei. I whakakahoretia e te Kai-whakawa o te Kooti Nui a Carl Taylor i Middletown, Connecticut, nga tono i mahia i te marama kua hipa e nga roia mo Cassandra raua ko tona whaea, a Jackie Fortin, kia tukuna te 17-tau-tau mai i te tiaki mo te wa poto o te Tari Tamariki me nga Whanau o te Kawanatanga, kia whakaaetia ranei tana whaea ki te toro atu ki a ia i te hohipera. I whakatauhia e te kaiwhakawa i te Wenerei me noho tonu ia ki te tiaki DCF tae noa ki te otinga o te chemotherapy i whakahaua e te kooti mo te Hodgkin's lymphoma, he momo mate pukupuku toto, i te Connecticut Children's Medical Center i Hartford. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata... Kāore i te haere ki hea: i whakahaua a Cassandra Fortin e te Kooti Nui o Connecticut kia whai i te maimoatanga mate pukupuku. Whakaahua o te hauora: Kei te Whare Hauora o nga Tamariki i Hartford a Cassandra mai i te marama o Tihema e whiwhi ana i te chemotherapy i whakaheehia e ia i te timatanga. I te tiaki a te kāwanatanga: I tangohia e te Tari Tamariki me ngā Whanau te tiaki ā-wā i muri i te whakakahoretanga a Cassandra i tana maimoatanga kemotherapy mō te lymphoma Hodgkin. I te ngahuru o te tau kua hipa, i riro i te tari kāwanatanga te mana ā-wā o Cassandra i muri i tana tautohetohe me tōna whaea kāore ia i hiahia ki ngā maimoatanga rongoā ahakoa te tūponotanga o te mate ki te kore. Katahi ka whakatauria e te Kooti Nui o te kāwanatanga te kerēme a Cassandra e pakeke ana ia ki te whakatau i ana ake whakatau hauora. I whakahaua ngā maimoatanga mō te ono marama i muri i te kī a ngā tākuta he 85 ōrau te tūponotanga o te oranga o te taiohi mā te maimoatanga matū, engari ka tata tonu te mate ki a ia i roto i ngā tau e rua ki te kore. Engari i muri i te whakapuakitanga a nga taote ki a ia i te marama o Poutu-te-rangi, ka tono tana roia a Joshua Michtom me nga roia mo tona whaea i te whakawakanga a te kooti kati, me te tono kia whakaaetia ia ki te haere ki te kainga ki te whakaoti i nga maimoatanga, ki te whakaaetia ranei i tana whaea ki te toro ia ia i te hohipera. Ka noho tonu: Ko Ms Fortin, maui, i kii te hohipera i ngana ki te aukati...
I hiahia a Cassandra Fortin, 17, ki te whakakore i te maimoatanga matū mō tōna mate pukupuku. I whakatauhia e te Kooti Nui o Connecticut me whai maimoatanga a Ms Fortin. I amuamu te taiohi i 'kua tukinotia ia ano he kararehe' I kii ia kaore te hohipera i whakaae kia haere atu tana whaea ki a ia.