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SPECIAL OCCASION. JOINING US RIGHT NOW IS OUR GOOD FRIEND CHANDA BRIGANCE. GOOD TO SEE YOU. CHANDA: I’M EXCITED, READY TO GO. JASO MANY REASON TO CELEBRATE THIS YEAR. CHANDA ABSOLUTELY. WE ARE EXCITED, OJ IS TURNING 50. FIRST OF ALL, COMING TOGETHER AND RAISING FUNDS FOR THOSE LIVING WITH ALS. JASON: WE SAID EARLIER, DOCTORS DIDN’T THINK THIS DAY WOULD COME. CHANDA: WHEN HE WAS DIAGNOSED AT AGE 38, HE WAS TOLD YOU MAY NOT CH 4 BUT WE ARE HERE CELEBRATING 50 YEARS. IT IS AMAZING, WE ARE EXCITED AND READY TO GO. JASON: AND THE FOUNDATION CONTINUES TO GROW. CHANDA: LAST YEAR AT THE EVENT, WE SOLD OUT, OVER 300 TICKETS. GET YOUR TICKETS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND BE A PART OF THIS 50 CELEBRATION AND RAISING FUNDS FOR THOSE LIVING WITH ALS. JASO YOU BRING UP A GOOD POINT ABOUT RAISING THAT MONEY, THIS IS A HUGE SUPPORT GROUP, A SPECIAL GROUP OF PEOPLE RECOVERING OR DEALING WITH ALS. CHANDA: ABSOLUTELY. AS MUCH AS WE CELEBRATE LIFE, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ARE REMEMBERING THERE ARE PEOPLE LIVING WITH THIS DISEASE, TRYING TO GET THROUGH IT EVERY DAY. THAT IS WHAT THE FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED ON, TO HELP THOSE LIVE THERE EACH AND EVERY DAY WHO ARE BATTLING ALS. JASON: TELL ME ABOUT THIS YEAR, WHAT IS HAPPENING? CHANDA: YOU KNOW WHO IS GOING TO BE THERE. WE ARE PREPARED FOR ALL OF THAT, PREPARED FOR MAYBE 400, 500 TO COME. WE ARE AT THE VALLEY MANSION SEPTEMBER 27. WE ARE READY TO GO. WE HAVE OUR AUCTION ITEMS, PASSES TO THE BUFFALO BILLS -RAVENS GAME, WE HAVE ORIOLES PASSES, CRUISES, I COULD GO ON AND ON. IT WILL BE A GREAT TIME. JASON: GIVE ME A DATE AND WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD DO IF THEY HAVE NOT BOUGHT TICKETS. CHANDA: PLEASE GET YOUR TICKETS. LAST YEAR, WE SOLD OUT. GO TO OUR WEBSITE BRIGANCEBRIGADE.ORG. THE EVENT WILL BE ON A FRIDAY. WE ARE GOING TO PARTY ALL NIGHT LONG. AND GOOD FOOD AS WELL, AT THE VALLEY MANSION. JASON: AND YOU KNOW HOW TO PUT ON A GOOD PARTY. CHANDA DO NOT MISS IT. LAST YEAR, SOME PEOPLE MISSED OUT. JASON: GOOD TO SEE YOU. CHANDA: THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> WHAT’S UP, HOW YOU DOIN YOU KNOW WHO I AM? >> BEN POWERS! >> LET ME GET A HUG. >> [LAUGHTER] JASON: THIS DIE-HARD RAVENS FAN MADE HISTORY LAST MONTH, WHEN HE READ BEN POWERS NAME AT THE RAVEN’S DRAFT PICK USING BRAILLE, MAKING HIM THE FIRST PERSON EVER TO DO SO 13-YEAR-OLD MO GABA IS A THREE-TIME CANCER SURVIVOR AND WENT BLIND WHEN HE WAS JUST NINE MONTHS OLD. HE GOT TO MEET THE PLAYER HE HELPED DRAFT LAST WEEK AT TRAINING CAMP IN OWINGS MILLS, AND SEE HOW HE WAS FITTING IN WITH HIS NEW TEAM. AND FOR THE DAY, MO GOT TO BECOME A RAVEN, TOO. >> COME ON IN THE HUDDLE. DOUBLE RIGHT, TWO JET ALLE >> OK. >> COME HERE, BUDDY. >> HUDDLE UP ROUND MO RIGHT HERE. GET A HAND ON HIM. >> DOUBLE TO RIGHT TO JET ALLEY. JASON: THE PLAY OF THE DAY, I’M SURE. THE RAVENS START THEIR SEASON IN JUST A FEW HOURS IN MIAMI AGAINST THE DOLPHINS. AND WE KNOW MO IS GOING TO BE CHEERING THEM ON. >> ALRIGHT, GUYS. WE’LL GET A BREAK ON MO. >> RAISE YOUR HAND UP, MO. ALRIGHT, MO, >> YEA, MO. >> MO ON THREE

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