Special Report: "Sound Of Life" Gives Family Hope
73 views · Published 25 February 2013 · 5:52 · Indexed 7 October 2026
Channel: WLOS News 13 · 2013 · News & Politics
The story within the story was far more emotional than we could have ever imagined. It began with a simple lesson about sound.We went to W. Buncombe Elementary to do a piece about Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, a Bob Moog Foundation project at Asheville and Buncombe Schools. It's an interactive program about the science of sound.But when we asked Garron Greiner about the worst sound he had ever heard, our special report went in an entirely different direction.The sound of someone screaming, said Garron. My sister is in the hospital.Suddenly, we discovered the story of a brother-sister bond that could not be ignored. Garron's sister, 5-year-old Jordan, is fighting for her life at Ronald McDonald House in Chapel Hill.Her big brother, who's 8, is the beacon of hope for the entire family with his amazing spark of humor. The spark that instantly caught our attention in class.The lesson about sound that we ended up with was far deeper than we thought it might be. Especially when mother Lisa Grice told us that all she wants right now is the sound of her kids laughing together, and even fighting. The sound of the dog barking, or better yet, all of those household noises at once.The background noise is what the whole family craves most. In the worst of time, they realize such sounds are music to their ears.By John LeFollow John on Twitter @AbsoluteLe _______________ Follow WLOS on social media: WLOS ABC 13 News on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/News13/ WLOS ABC 13 News on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WLOS_13 WLOS ABC 13 News on Instagram: https://instagram.com/wlos_13 Subscribe to WLOS on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ABC13Channel/?sub_confirmation=1 Listen to AnchorMOMS, the Podcast: https://wlos.com/news/anchormoms/anchormoms-the-podcast Watch more top local news stories: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kk8Ge6UXHJs&list=PLkVbaoT-aYbIvnEpR0Ct5QQQqYaORUSUH For all of the day’s top local and national news, visit http://www.wlos.com Watch our live newscasts and other live video at https://wlos.com/watch Have a news tip? Send it directly to us: Email us: [email protected] Call the Newsroom: 828.684.1340 WLOS ABC 13 News serves the Asheville, NC area and the rest of western North Carolina and Upstate South Carolina. We keep our audience informed through local news, weather forecasts, traffic updates, notices of community events, sports and entertainment programming since 1954.
