RI Boy Fighting Cancer Invited To Patriots Playoff Game

BOSTON (CBS) – An 8-year-old boy fighting an aggressive form of cancer is continuing his dream of becoming famous by going to the Patriots vs. Kansas City Chiefs playoff game on Saturday.

Dorian Murray from Westerly, R.I., has been in and out of hospitals for half his life undergoing treatment for a rare form of pediatric cancer. Recently, his family decided to stop treatment after learning the disease spread to his spine and is moving towards his brain.

Dorian told his father that his dying wish was to become famous. His dad decided to post about Dorian online using hashtag #Dstrong and Dorian's fame took off.

What's it like being famous? "It's very, very, cool," Dorian said.

On Friday, Dorian had a police escort, rode in two luxury cars and signed autographs for fans.

"It's just totally snowballed and become viral I guess is what they're saying, an internet sensation," Dorian's mother Melissa Murray said. "That means so much to us that we can bring this awareness to pediatric cancer and then to our son."

The family posted several pictures of Dorian and Rob Gronkowski hanging out at the boy's home in Westerly, Rhode Island.

For updates visit: www.facebook.com/PrayingForDorian

WBZ NewsRadio 1030's Bernice Corpuz reports