Girl dies after thousands fulfill her wish ....,,A little girl whose Christmas wish inspired thousands of people to sing in the streets died
overnight. Laney Brown, 8, suffered from leukemia. "Our little angel on earth earned her pink glittery
angel wings in heaven," a post on an official Facebook page about her said. "She took her last
breath at home in her bed at 3:10 surrounded by
all her family and friends. I miss her so much
already." Delaney Brown of West Reading, Pennsylvania,
"inspired a community and touched hearts across
the world," as CNN affiliate WFMZ put it. She loved music and dancing. Her dying wishes were to meet country music
superstar Taylor Swift and for some people to
come by her house for a night of caroling. On Friday -- her birthday -- Laney and Swift video-
chatted through FaceTime, a software application
that allows callers to see each other on Apple
products. Then, Saturday night, the singers came. At first it
was hundreds of people, then thousands. Then it
was about 10,000, CNN affiliate WFMZ reported. She was too weak to go to the window, but heard
the wonderful music. "I can hear you now!!! Love you!" she said in a
Facebook post that showed a photo of her lying in
bed with a breathing mask -- and two thumbs up. Laney was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia seven months ago. Last week doctors told her
family that she had 70% cancer cells in her blood.
She came home from the hospital Thursday. The Christmas carol celebration outside her home
attracted people from all over. Her dance team
was there to honor her. Even Santa showed up. Many of the singers held back tears. "I can't even express how I feel," Krysta Rebe,
who has a daughter Laney's age, told WFMZ. It was only an hour of singing, but it lifted the
spirits of everyone who jammed the block. "As much as I want that miracle to be saving the
life of an 8-year-old little girl, Laney, the miracle
was an 8-year-old little girl teaching an entire
community, town, city and the whole country the
true meaning of Christmas," one participant,
Marianne Franken, wrote on Facebook." On Wednesday, thousands of people liked and
commented on the Facebook post announcing the
little girl's death. "I do not cry for Laney, who lives on in peace and
happiness with our Lord," wrote Cornell
Stornbergh. "I mourn for us, who now have to live
in a world without her."