Students wear green to support classmate with rare genetic condition

Wednesday, April 17, 2019
BELLMAWR, N.J. (WPVI) -- It was a massive show of support at a South Jersey elementary school Wednesday morning for a student who's battling a serious illness.

Chopper 6 was over the Bellmawr Park Elementary School where students and staff dressed in green.
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They were standing in solidarity with a fellow student who has a rare genetic condition called Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, or FOP. The disease has only 800 known cases worldwide.

The illness causes skeletal malformations.
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The youngsters wanted to show their friend, that he is not alone.
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