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PHOTOS: Terminally ill man gets wedding wish

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Thursday, August 7, 2014

CENTER CITY (WPVI) -- Pierre Freeman has been given less than a year to live.

But, thanks to the charity "Wish Upon a Wedding," he was able to marry his longtime love at the Hotel Monaco in Center City on Thursday.

Photos courtesy "Wish Upon a Wedding" and Ashley Gerrity Photography.

A man battling terminal cancer married the love of his life in a dream wedding thanks to the generosity of a local non-profit.

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