Make-a-Wish Touchdown | Snopes.com
A comedy video showing a football player tackling a child running for a touchdown was mistaken by some as genuine footage.
Published Nov 29, 2016
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In December 2016, footage appeared online purportedly showing a "Make-a-Wish" experience in which a sick child's attempt to score a touchdown abruptly ended when he was brutally tackled.
While various versions of this footage were shared with titles claiming that it depicted a real incident, this video was actually a comedy sketch from Jimmy Tatro.
The video was originally shared on the YouTube channel "Life According to Jimmy" on 12 December 2016, and was accompanied by a full list of credits, clearly indicating that it was a scripted sketch and not genuine footage of a failed "Make-A-Wish" (or, in some versions, "Grant-A-Wish") experience:
Further clues that the video was not real were in the description of the video on its YouTube page: "Tommy Douglas is granted his wish to score a touchdown for the Los Angeles Traffic."
While Los Angeles-area traffic is frequently described as being an entity unto itself, no such professional team by that name exists in Los Angeles.
Dan Evon is a former writer for Snopes.
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