The siblings were hugging each other and saying goodbye as the young brother was sent into ICU due to kidney cancer.
This is not an ordinary photo of two siblings embracing each other. The photo of 14-year-old Jacob Randell and his five-year-old sister Sophia looks sad and desperate. The pair both suffered from cancer caused by inherited problems.
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The siblings were hugging each other and saying goodbye as the young brother was sent into ICU due to kidney cancer.
This is not an ordinary photo of two siblings embracing each other. The photo of 14-year-old Jacob Randell and his five-year-old sister Sophia looks sad and desperate. The pair both suffered from cancer caused by inherited problems.
Both of the siblings used to go into remission and bring hope to the family but good days haven't lasted long. Jacob had kidney cancer while Sophia's tumor returned before long.
'This is the most heartbreaking picture my eyes and heart have ever seen,' their mom from Canada wrote on social media as she shared a picture of the hospital room door with both her children's names on it.
Both of the siblings used to go into remission and bring hope to the family but good days haven't lasted long. Jacob had kidney cancer while Sophia's tumor returned before long.
'This is the most heartbreaking picture my eyes and heart have ever seen,' their mom from Canada wrote on social media as she shared a picture of the hospital room door with both her children's names on it.
She added: 'I'm broken. We are all broken. This is not the life I imagined for them, but it is what it is and we will walk with them every step of the way.'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris used a profanity on Monday while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break through barriers.
Harris was participating in a conversation moderated by actor and comedian Jimmy O. Yang when he asked her what it means to be the first vice president of Asian descent and how that heritage has informed her views and roles as a leader. Harris' mother was from India and her father was from Jamaica, and she's the first woman elected vice president.
Harris gave a lengthy response in which she told the young people to keep their chins up when they go into spaces where no one else looks like them.
She added: “We have to know that sometimes people will open the door for you and leave it open. Sometimes they won’t. And then you need to kick that f——— door down."
The audience clapped and hollered. Laughing herself, Harris said, “Excuse my language.”
Profanity in politics is not altogether unusual. This past weekend, presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump led a crowd at a rally chanting “bulls—-" in reference to his criminal trial in New York City. When Joe Biden was vice president, he was overheard telling President Barack Obama that newly passed health care legislation was a “big f——— deal.” Harris generally avoids such language in her public appearances.
The vice president made her comments in a conversation at the annual Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies Legislative Leadership Summit. The conversation was live-streamed on the White House website.
Harris spoke later Monday, along with President Biden and actor Lucy Liu, at a White House Rose Garden reception celebrating May as Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Liu said Harris' election as the first female Black and Asian vice president was a "testament to the limitless possibilities of the American dream.”
Biden said Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders make up the fastest-growing demographic in the U.S. He said they represent immigrants, dreamers and a nation of freedom.
The president opened his remarks with: "My name's Joe Biden. I work for Kamala Harris.”
President Joe Biden speaks as actor Lucy Liu listens in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, as Vice President Kamala Harris listens during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Vice President Kamala Harris greets guests in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Guests listen as President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris arrive to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
President Joe Biden listens as actor Lucy Liu speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as President Joe Biden listens in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 13, 2024, during a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
