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'They're pretty much family': In bad times, teens at Madonna become best friends

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'They're pretty much family': In bad times, teens at Madonna become best friends

• Peter Salter
• Dec 15, 2016
• Dec 15, 2016 Updated Sep 28, 2018
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Young patients and good friends Olivia Griffin (from left clockwise), Gavin Christiansen, and Landon Severson poke a little fun at their friend Andrew Brockman during lunch together on Thursday at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital. 

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Young patients and good friends Andrew Brockman (from left), Olivia Griffin, Gavin Christiansen and Landon Severson toast to their friendship as they have lunch together on Thursday at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital.

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patient Landon Severson (from left), 14, of Onida, S.D., crosses the skywalk with his mom, Sarah and physical therapist Tara Luetkenhaus as Husker football players head to practice during a tour of Memorial Stadium and Hawks Championship Center on Thursday at the University of Nebraska.

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patients and friends Andrew Brockman (left) of West Point and Landon Severson of Onida, S.D., say farewell to one another with some jovial boxing following a tour on Thursday at Memorial Stadium. 

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patient Andrew Brockman (center), 17, of West Point looks at a tribute to former Husker players with his mom Colleen (left) and therapist April Lieb during a tour of Memorial Stadium on Thursday at the University of Nebraska. 

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patient Andrew Brockman (center), 17, of West Point, is all smiles as he is guided onto Tom Osborne Field with the help of his therapists April Lieb (right) and Angie Gerner during a tour of Memorial Stadium and Hawks Championship Center on Thursday at the University of Nebraska. 

• KRISTIN STREFF, Journal Star

Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital pediatric patients, their parents and therapists run onto Tom Osborne Field from the tunnel during a tour of Memorial Stadium. 

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patient and Husker fan Gavin Christiansen, 14, of Omaha looks in awe at the view of the stadium from the field during a tour Thursday at Memorial Stadium.

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital occupational therapist April Lieb (right) stands with patient Andrew Brockman, 17, and watches a little of the Huskers' football practice during a tour of Memorial Stadium and Hawks Championship Center on Thursday at the University of Nebraska. 

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Young patients and good friends Landon Severson (from right, counter clockwise), Gavin Christiansen, Olivia Griffin (standing), and Andrew Brockman (far left) have lunch together with parents Colleen Brockman and Brian Christiansen on Thursday at Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital.

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Landon Severson’s trip to Nebraska started months ago, during marching band practice in the center of South Dakota.

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital patient Landon Severson (from left), 14, of Onida, S.D., crosses the skywalk with his mom, Sarah and physical therapist Tara Luetkenhaus as Husker football players head to practice during a tour of Memorial Stadium and Hawks Championship Center on Thursday at the University of Nebraska.

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Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital occupational therapist April Lieb (right) stands with patient Andrew Brockman, 17, and watches a little of the Huskers' football practice during a tour of Memorial Stadium and Hawks Championship Center on Thursday at the University of Nebraska. 

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