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It was a story many wanted to believe: A terminally ill child gets his last wish to see Santa and dies in his arms.
News Sentinel cannot establish that Schmitt-Matzen’s account is inaccurate, but more importantly, ongoing reporting cannot establish that it is accurate
The story began to unravel on Tuesday, when Snopes ran a piece scrutinizing Schmitt-Matzen’s account.
we cannot say with absolute certainty that it didn't happen — nor do we want to have to say it.
originally posted by: Ostracized
apparently the media that reported this story cannot establish that it is accurate and are no longer standing by it... nor do they want to have too report it was fake...
Viral Story Of Boy Who Died In Santa’s Arms Begins To Unravel
It was a story many wanted to believe: A terminally ill child gets his last wish to see Santa and dies in his arms.
News Sentinel cannot establish that Schmitt-Matzen’s account is inaccurate, but more importantly, ongoing reporting cannot establish that it is accurate
The story began to unravel on Tuesday, when Snopes ran a piece scrutinizing Schmitt-Matzen’s account.
Snopes unable to verify Santa's Story
we cannot say with absolute certainty that it didn't happen — nor do we want to have to say it.
In addition, Schmitt-Matzen's wife, Sharon, of 38 years spoke with 10News on Wednesday night and also helped fill in details of her husband's story and his response to what happened that day in what she said was mid-October.
That differs from Schmitt-Matzen's original account of the timeline, in which he said the death happened "about six weeks ago." Schmitt-Matzen told 10News he had the time wrong and that his wife remembers those things better than he does.
Schmitt-Matzen then showed 10News written messages on his phone to two different friends. Both exchanges match dates in Schmitt-Matzen's mid-October timeline of the ordeal. Those dates, he said, were well before he was ever contacted by columnist Sam Venable.