Waynesburg University student, cancer patient, heading to Super Bowl
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Waynesburg University senior Corey Fischer was gifted tickets to the upcoming Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles. The 21-year-old is battling Ewing sarcoma.
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Corey Fischer, an avid Pittsburgh sports fan, left, is pictured with the Penguins mascot, along with his girlfriend, Haley Frizzell, and neighbor Courtney Conway. Recently, Pittsburgh Steeler linebacker T.J. Watt presented Fischer with Super Bowl tickets while Fischer was undergoing in-patient chemotherapy at UPMC Children鈥檚 Hospital of Pittsburgh.
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Waynesburg University senior Corey Fischer, a pitcher for the Yellow Jackets baseball team, shows some of the Pittsburgh Penguins memorabilia he received at UPMC Children鈥檚 Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he is an oncology patient undergoing chemotherapy treatment for Ewing sarcoma. Fischer FaceTimed with Penguins Sidney Crosby and Jason Zucker.
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Corey Fischer, right, an avid Pitt Panther fan and Pittsburgh sports fan, is shown at a Panther game with, from left, his cousin, Layton Cameron, uncle Gary Fischer, cousin Lance Fischer, and his father, Scot Fischer.
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Corey Fischer, a Waynesburg University senior marketing major and baseball player, is pictured with his girlfriend, Haley Frizzell, at UPMC Children鈥檚 Hospital of Pittsburgh during inpatient chemotherapy treatment for Ewing sarcoma. Fischer, who was diagnosed in November 2021, was gifted tickets to Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles on Sunday.
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Corey Fischer, a senior, right-handed pitcher for the Waynesburg Yellow Jackets, was diagnosed in November 2021 with Ewing sarcoma, and is currently undergoing treatment at UPMC Children鈥檚 Hospital of Pittsburgh. He will be attending the Super Bowl in Los Angeles on Sunday with his father, courtesy of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Children鈥檚.
Corey Fischer, a Waynesburg University senior who plays baseball for the Yellow Jackets, recently received two tickets to attend Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles, during a Zoom chat with Steelers linebacker T.J. Watt. (Photo courtesy of Corey Fischer)
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Corey Fischer, left, and his girlfriend, Haley Frizzell, at UPMC Children鈥檚 Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he is undergoing treatment for cancer. Fischer will be attending Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles, courtesy of T.J. Watt and the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Waynesburg University student Corey Fischer, who is battling cancer, recently got a super surprise from Pittsburgh Steeler T.J. Watt.
The linebacker gifted Fischer with two tickets to attend Super Bowl LVI in Los Angeles, which was held on Feb. 13.
Fischer, a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan, found out he was heading to the game during a surprise Zoom call while he was in UPMC Children鈥檚 Hospital of Pittsburgh, where he was undergoing a round of in-patient chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma.
鈥淚 was in complete shock,鈥� said Fischer. 鈥淚鈥檓 a big sports fan 鈥� big Steelers fan, Pitt fan and Penguins fan 鈥� and it鈥檚 a sports fan鈥檚 dream to go to a Super Bowl.鈥�
Watt told Fischer that he was jealous the 21-year-old would be at the Super Bowl, 鈥渂ecause you are about to do something I鈥檓 not able to do this year.
鈥淲e weren鈥檛 able to get the job done. We weren鈥檛 able to go to the Super Bowl. But you are, my friend. You鈥檙e going to the Super Bowl,鈥� Watt said to Fischer.
During their chat, Fischer told Watt, who tied the NFL sack record, he enjoyed watching him 鈥渂all out鈥� this season.
鈥淚鈥檓 glad I鈥檝e gotten to do interviews after talking to him, though, because I don鈥檛 think I had much of a reaction when he told me about the tickets, but it was because I was shocked,鈥� said Fischer.
Fischer, a marketing major and pitcher for the Yellow Jackets baseball team, was diagnosed with Ewing sarcoma on Nov. 12.
Before the diagnosis, Fischer thought he might have injured his hip.
鈥淚 was in a lot of pain. I couldn鈥檛 walk. I didn鈥檛 sleep for 2 1/2 months,鈥� he said.
At the Nov. 12 appointment at Children鈥檚, the doctor told Fischer they鈥檇 likely notify him of results in about a week.
鈥淏ut they called as soon as I got home, and I pretty much knew that couldn鈥檛 be good news,鈥� Fischer said.
His treatment protocol, which includes chemotherapy and radiation treatment, is expected to take about nine months.
Fischer started another round of chemotherapy after he returned from the Super Bowl.
Fischer was selected by the Pittsburgh Steelers organization and Children鈥檚 to receive the Super Bowl package, which included hotel accommodations and airfare. His father, Scot, accompanied him.
Fischer said his mother, Gina, a nurse at Children鈥檚 Hospital, 鈥渉asn鈥檛 left my side pretty much throughout this whole thing.鈥�
鈥淪o she鈥檚 happy that my dad and I (got) to spend time together,鈥� said Fischer.