Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  He akonga kura tuarua me tana hoa pai, he mate pukupuku a Down, kua noho hei kaupapa ipurangi i muri i tana whakapae maia me a raatau whakaahua mo te poari, kaore i whakanui noa i to raua hoa - engari i horahia he korero nui. I tono a Matt Pliska, ko ia anō hoki te tangata i ora i te mate pukupuku, ki a Mikenzy Snell kia haere tahi me ia i te pō pō o mua, ā, i to rātau pō nui, i whakapuaki ngā rangatahi o Waupaca, Michigan, i tētahi whakapuakanga ā-hinengaro i te wā i whakaahuahia rātau e mau ana i tētahi tohu e kī ana: 'E kore e tatau ngā hoa tūturu i ngā pūtaiao,' e tohu ana i te meka e puta ana te mate Down i te wā e whai tāruatanga anō ana te tangata o te pūtaiao 21. 'Kei te whakaaro ahau he tino whakaatu i to maatau hoa ki te taumata e whai ake nei o te waahi kei reira engari kaore pea te iwi e kite i muri i nga tatau kati,' i kii a Mikenzy ki a WBAY. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Ko te tokorua tino pai: Ko Mikenzy Snell rāua ko Matt Pliska, he mate pukupuku nei a Down, i hora i tētahi karere nui mō te hoahoatanga i te wā i whakaahuahia ai rāua e mau ana i tēnei tohu i tō rāua pōti rangatahi i Waupaca, Michigan. Mai i te wā i tiritiri tuatahi ai te pāpāho i te pikitia whakaongaonga o Matt rāua ko Mikenzy i runga i tōna whārangi Facebook i te 30 o Maehe, neke atu i te 15,000 ngā tāngata kua pai ki te pikitia, e whakarite ana kia kore rātou e wareware ki tō rātou pō pō pōti. I muri i te mōhio o Matt i karangatia tana hoa pai ki te kanikani kotahi e tētahi atu i te tau kua hipa, ka tono tonu ia ki a ia mēnā e pai ana ia ki te haere ki a ia i tēnei wā - ā, i whakaae ia. I a ia e haere ana ki a ia, i mahi ia i nga mea katoa i taea e ia kia pai ai tana pō. I mua i te pōro, i tangohia e Mikenzy ki runga ki a ia anō te whakarite kia whai wāhi a Matt ki te kōwhiria ki te marae pōro. I tōna kitenga kāore tōna ingoa i whakaurua ki te pōti o te akomanga rangatahi, hei kōwhiri i ngā tama tokorua ki te marae o te pōti, ka kawea atu e ia ki te tari o te kura tuarua. Ahakoa i kī atu ki a ia i te tīmatanga kua pōturi rawa te tāpiri i a Matt ki te rārangi, i muri mai ka mōhio a ia he pōti hou kei runga i te ingoa o tana hoa. He pō e kore e warewaretia: Ko Mikenzy, i mau i te kākahu mermaid pango, i whakapakarihia me ona hoa mo etahi...
Ko nga akonga o te kura tuarua o Michigan a Mikenzy Snell raua ko Matt Pliska, he mate pukupuku a Down, i whakamahere kia haere tahi raua ki ta raua pounamu tuarua i tera tau. Mo ta raua pikitia poi, i mau te tokorua i tetahi tohu e kii ana: 'Kaore nga hoa pono e tatau i nga chromosomes' Ko te tohu e pā ana ki te mea he kape anō o te chromosome 21 o te hunga e mate ana i te mate o Down.