{"id":676,"date":"2011-05-20T16:24:11","date_gmt":"2011-05-20T20:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thequicksliver.wordpress.com\/?p=676"},"modified":"2011-05-20T16:24:11","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T20:24:11","slug":"5-20-11-a-prom-ride-to-relish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quicksilverhg.com\/thequicksliver\/5-20-11-a-prom-ride-to-relish\/","title":{"rendered":"5.20.11 A Prom Ride to Relish"},"content":{"rendered":"

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For a truly memorable prom night, you need a sweet ride.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>But that was hardly the concern of Dallas teenager Ben Ross, when he almost trashed his prom dreams completely.\u00a0 He’d scored a date, and reserved a tux, and was getting ready for the big night.\u00a0 But then, last March, he went out on his motorcycle, laid it down on the pavement, slid under a truck, and was dragged beneath the wheels.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>He woke up in the emergency room with his mom by his side.\u00a0 He wasn’t going to die, but it was uncertain whether he’d recover in time for the prom.\u00a0 To help keep his spirits up and give him something to look forward to, she asked him what would be his dream car for the big night ahead.\u00a0 He told her.\u00a0 And she decided right there that she was going to get it for him.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>She tried to contact the car’s owner, to no avail.\u00a0 So she launched an online campaign on Facebook to try to convince the owner to lend her son the car.\u00a0 A lot of teenagers logged in and supported the cause.\u00a0 The car’s owner took notice, was charmed by their persistence, and relented.\u00a0 Okay, Ben could have the car.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>Ben got better.\u00a0 Ben got ready.\u00a0 The big night arrived.\u00a0 And on Saturday night, April 31, Ben and his date, and several of their friends, rolled into their high school prom in style.<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>Aboard the Oscar Meyer Weinermobile.\u00a0 Sweet.<\/p>\n

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