Stand Up To Cancer

SU2C was in Chicago on Monday to pump up the crowd at US Cellular Field and shoot part of the opening segment for the TV show (but shhhhh, we didn't tell you that!). Tribune busybody Fred Mitchell noted in his "Around Town" column that cancer survivors Lance Armstrong and Elizabeth Edwards were both spotted at the ballpark:

"'If you asked me 11 years ago if you would see me sitting here and we would still be facing this epidemic, I would say no,' Armstrong said after filming the segment. 'I would have been optimistic and said, I want to be cured. And I suspect everyone else will be too. But we haven't. And the numbers are still startling.'"

Amen. A more extensive piece in the Sun-Times also mentioned the inspiring words of SU2C ally Elizabeth Edwards:

"The newest statistics show one in two men and one in three women will get the disease.
"'I was delighted to have Lance ask me to participate in this,' said Edwards, a vocal advocate for health-care reform. 'You see people [like Thomas] who look the picture of life, but cancer is part of their life. I meet people from every walk of life, but for the ones who have cancer, we become connected in a deep and intimate way.'"

We also popped up on the Chicago news, meaning you can get a little glimpse of the goings-on at "the Cell" online:
http://cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=46944@wbbm.dayport.com

Thanks for the glowing reception, Chi Town!