A high school senior fulfilled his dream of graduating days before his death
A high school senior from Johnson City, Tennessee, received his diploma in a special graduation ceremony just days before his death after a long fight with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Johnson had pictures taken in his cap and gown in his hospital room.Dakota Johnson had been enrolled in homebound schooling through the Johnson City school district since he was in seventh grade. He told teacher Allison Russell he had two goals for his senior year -- to go to the prom and to graduate from Science Hill High School, according to CNN affiliate WJHL in Johnson City. He accomplished the latter.
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