10-28-2011, 05:37 PM
http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/44982727/n...qsWE_T8U1A
If the Angels don't win, Mark Fitzpatrick takes it pretty darn hard.
And that's why his mother was just a tad worried about the homecoming prince contest at Tesoro High School. If Mark didn't win, how hard was he going to take it?
Turns out she had nothing to worry about. As one of his classmates posted on the Facebook page created to Vote Mark Fitzpatrick for homecoming prince: "If you don't (vote for Mark) ... you don't have a heart."
Mark is autistic and mentally disabled. He's also all about the social scene at school. High fives from classmates make his day.
Ask him who was pitching for the Angels the night before or who hit a home run, and he has the answer. Even if you don't ask him who was pitching or who had a home run, he might come up to you in the hallway and give you his standard line, and favorite word: "Bam!"
That's why Kylie Leggett got it into her head that Mark would make the perfect Homecoming Prince. The first thing Kylie did was text Mark's mom, asking for permission. "I thought it was very sweet," said Kaysie Fitzpatrick.
If the Angels don't win, Mark Fitzpatrick takes it pretty darn hard.
And that's why his mother was just a tad worried about the homecoming prince contest at Tesoro High School. If Mark didn't win, how hard was he going to take it?
Turns out she had nothing to worry about. As one of his classmates posted on the Facebook page created to Vote Mark Fitzpatrick for homecoming prince: "If you don't (vote for Mark) ... you don't have a heart."
Mark is autistic and mentally disabled. He's also all about the social scene at school. High fives from classmates make his day.
Ask him who was pitching for the Angels the night before or who hit a home run, and he has the answer. Even if you don't ask him who was pitching or who had a home run, he might come up to you in the hallway and give you his standard line, and favorite word: "Bam!"
That's why Kylie Leggett got it into her head that Mark would make the perfect Homecoming Prince. The first thing Kylie did was text Mark's mom, asking for permission. "I thought it was very sweet," said Kaysie Fitzpatrick.