'We will figure out a way to do this': Dying woman's final wish for out-of-state milkshake granted
A photo of the woman holding the shake has traveled much farther than the drink鈥檚 375-mile trip
A photo of the woman holding the shake has traveled much farther than the drink鈥檚 375-mile trip
An Ohio native in hospice care in Virginia had a dying wish fulfilled last month — one last mocha milkshake from a popular suburban Cleveland restaurant.
Fifty-year-old Emily Pomeranz died Friday of pancreatic cancer. With help from a friend in Virginia and the longtime owner of Tommy鈥檚 in Cleveland Heights, the shake arrived four days earlier.
A photo of a smiling Pomeranz holding the shake and the 鈥淭he Milkshake Mission鈥� story have traveled much farther than the drink鈥檚 375-mile (603-kilometer) trip.
Restaurant owner Tommy Fello initially wasn鈥檛 sure how it could be accomplished after getting a call from Pomeranz鈥檚 friend Sam Klein. Fello made it work, packing the shake in dry ice and shipping it overnight.
Fello says the photo of Pomeranz proves giving is better than receiving.