Tecumseh community launches balloons to honor teen who loses cancer battle

Gold balloons filled the sky Sunday afternoon at the Tecumseh High School football field after hundreds of community members gathered to honor a teen who died of cancer.

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Collin Griffin, a 14-year-old eighth-grader at Tecumseh Middle School, died March 9 following a yearlong battle with a rare form of cancer.

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His funeral was held Wednesday.

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Credit: MARSHALL GORBY / STAFF

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