"He's my hero": McMinn Co. student creates nonprofit to honor brother fighting rare cancer

September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, and a McMinn County student found a special way to honor his brother, who was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer in 2023.

Jack Goodin shared with Local 3 what the past two years have looked like and how the brothers are helping other children facing similar battles.

In April of 2023, Sam Goodin, who was a freshman at Wesleyan University at the time, was diagnosed with an aggressive form of childhood cancer called Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor (DSRCT).

It's a type of cancer that has only been recognized for the past 35 years, with fewer than 200 cases diagnosed, making it one of the rarest forms in existence.

Sam's younger brother, Jack, says Sam has gone through four surgeries and traveled more than 100 hours across various states