Ten-year-old Weston Paszkiewicz has faced more in the past year than most kids his age, but his family says nothing slows him down.

"He's just a kid that's curious, adventurous and nothing stops him," Weston's dad, John Paszkiewicz, said.

That mindset has carried Weston through months of leukemia treatment.

"I don't think he even knows what failing is," John said. "He kinda just keeps rollin'."

Since his diagnosis last January, Weston has spent much of his time in the hospital. But on Thursday, he had somewhere special to be.

With police sirens leading the way and neighbors lining the streets to cheer him on, Weston received a hero's sendoff from his hometown of Long Lake..

"We would not be able to do this without our community," John said, "it's been incredible."

"It's everything,"

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