Student’s acceptance to Clemson goes viral

Posted on December 21, 2013 by | Leave a comment

KCTV5 News, December 20, 2013

CLEMSON, SC (FOX Carolina) –

A video of a Dorman High School student with Down syndrome getting his acceptance letter into Clemson is going viral.

The parents of 20-year-old Rion Holcombe turned on their camera when they got the letter in the mail and uploaded his stunned reaction to YouTube.

“My heart started to jump out of my chest so this is what happened when I got this envelope,” Rion said in an interview on Thursday.

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