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- Criss Angel is known as the magician
who makes the impossible happen right before your eyes
but in the fight to save his son's life,
he needed more than just magic.
Criss Angel describes his son, Johnny,
as his truest form of magic.
At one and a half years old, doctors diagnosed Johnny
with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
Johnny lives with his mom in Australia,
and when Criss got the news, he cancelled all
of his sold-out Vegas shows to be by his son's side.
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia, or ALL,
occurs when the body's bone marrow makes
too many white blood cells.
It's the most common type of pediatric cancer,
and Criss is using everything in his power to find a cure.
- Criss Angel joins us.
Thanks for coming on this show.
(applause) I know that...
you're an entertainer by trade,
but what was it like just being a parent in that situation,
watching your child, your young child,
not only get the diagnosis,
but going through cancer treatments?
- When I found out, it devastated me,
and I quickly felt, it was 1:30 in the morning,
that I had to make lemonade out of lemons.
So I turned the camera on myself
and I decided right then and there I was gonna make
a documentary called "1095" about pediatric cancer
and about what it's like for the child,
for the family, for the parents,
so that other people can, hopefully,
learn from our experiences and realize
that the emotional roller coaster
that you're on when your son is going through spinal taps
and blood transfusions and chemotherapy and steroids,
that it's a very normal process and that you're not alone.
And so I just decided to completely dedicate my life
to children, and to trying to make a difference.
Out of every $100 that the American Cancer Institute raises,
less than 70 cents goes to pediatric cancer.
It's very much underfunded.
Out of the four billion dollars that the government spends
on cancer research, 4% goes to 12 different types
of pediatric cancers,
so just this past September 12, we had a major event
at the Luxor called "help, heal every life possible."
It's something that I created and had a lot of celebrities
from Jerry Lewis to Imagine Dragons to Mike Tyson,
Chuck Liddell, all show up to try
to raise millions of dollars for the fight
against pediatric cancer and raise awareness.
- And you even have your son's story as part of your show.
- Yeah, in my show, I have a show called Mindfreak Live
at the Luxor, and in my show, I dedicate, through my art,
a portion of the show towards these kids,
and I use my art to move people.
And it's the very first magic show,
in the history that I've ever seen of magic shows,
to make people cry, grown men cry,
but I use the reality of our situation
in a way that kind of moves people with magic,
and it raises awareness, and we raise a considerable amount
of money, and I'm just starting.
Next year, my goal, Gary Oldman, the famous actor,
is becoming a partner of mine in the quest
to try to make a television special every year live
from Las Vegas, to fight cancer, so it'll be great.
(applause) - What I love so much
about your story, Criss, is that you're truly doing this,
not just for your own son,
but for all children out there who suffer from cancer,
but I'm gonna ask the question that everyone wants to know.
How's Johnny doing?
- Johnny's doing very good.
It's very rough, the steroid treatment
is really, really difficult because his personality changes.
He's such a loving, caring, gentle soul,
and then when he does his steroids,
he transforms sometimes periodically
and it's very difficult to deal with.
But honestly, the real hero here
is his mom, Shaunyl, who deals with Johnny
and administers his chemo on a daily basis.
I mean, she is just a champion, but he's doing good.
- Well, let's celebrate both Shaunyl and Johnny,
because they happen to be here, so come on out!
(applause)
(touching music)
- Say hi!
- What do you think, Johnny? - I just had him onstage
with me and he's used to seeing people in front of me.
- [Shaunyl] That's you, little man.
- I think it's amazing, because as parents,
I think the hardest thing is ever to see your child suffer.
- Right.
- So for you both to have really put in your separate
and dedicated efforts and different ways to helping him,
it's so remarkable and so amazing
to keep your focus that way.
- Thank you.
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