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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessica Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, ''and'' placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor.
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessica Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' other's families, so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, ''and'' placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor.
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* The Cadigan-Scott family: Diane Scott and Mark Cadigan both died within three weeks of each other, leaving their eight children to fend for themselves. The older siblings moved back to the house in Livermore, California to keep the family together, but the house remained way too small. On top of all that, they all had to share one bathroom. As if that weren't tear-inducing enough, the show made a point to mention the parents' bedroom, that had been left untouched by the children, preserved as a shrine. Ty had to let them know that there was no way to save the room from the demolition, and the family was allowed to take as much time as they needed before work began to gather in the room and spend some last moments.
* In the final episode of the ABC run, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
* The Sweenson-Lee story is ''beyond'' tragic. Vicki and Erik took in their nieces and nephews after their widowed mother, Vicki's sister Teri, and her boyfriend were brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend. The double murder left the children traumatized, with even one of the boys mentioning that hadn't even fully gotten over the death of their father and now they have to deal with their mother's death also. Even worse, the oldest daughter not only witnessed the attack and the death of her mother, but she ''also'' witnessed the death of her father in a car accident several years earlier, doubling her trauma.
* In the final episode of the ABC run, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
* The Sweenson-Lee story is ''beyond'' tragic. Vicki and Erik took in their nieces and nephews after their widowed mother, Vicki's sister Teri, and her boyfriend were brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend. The double murder left the children traumatized, with even one of the boys mentioning that hadn't even fully gotten over the death of their father and now they have to deal with their mother's death also. Even worse, the oldest daughter not only witnessed the attack and the death of her mother, but she ''also'' witnessed the death of her father in a car accident several years earlier, doubling her trauma.
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* The Cadigan-Scott family: Diane Scott and Mark Cadigan both died within three weeks ''three weeks'' of each other, leaving their eight children to fend for themselves. The older siblings moved back to the house in Livermore, California to keep the family together, but the house remained way too small. On top of all that, they all had to share one bathroom. As if that weren't tear-inducing enough, the show made a point to mention the parents' bedroom, that which had been left untouched by the children, preserved as a shrine. Ty had to let them know that there was no way to save the room from the demolition, and the family was allowed to take as much time as they needed before work began began, to gather in the room and spend some last moments.
* In the final episode of the ABC run, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family,were had been neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
* The Sweenson-Lee story is ''beyond'' tragic. Vicki and Erik took in their nieces and nephews after their widowed mother, Vicki's sister Teri, and her boyfriend were brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend. The double murder left the children traumatized, with even one of the boys mentioning that hadn't even fully gotten over the death of their father and now theyhave had to deal with their mother's death also. Even worse, the oldest daughter not only witnessed the attack and the death of her mother, but she ''also'' witnessed the death of her father in a car accident several years earlier, doubling her trauma.
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* The Kadzis family. Dear God, the Kadzis family. The episode won an award for being "Most Touching" for a reason. (For those who didn't see it, the parents of the family had seven children, six of whom were special-needs orphans they adopted from China; one daughter was deaf and another was blind, although the others were doing better following surgeries and treatments. They petitioned for help when the father was diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer. Three days after the family moved into their new home, he died.)
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* The Kadzis family. Dear God, the Kadzis family. The family, whose episode won an award for being "Most Touching" precisely for a this reason. (For those who didn't see it, the The parents of the family had seven children, six of whom were special-needs orphans they adopted from China; one daughter was deaf and another was blind, although the others were doing better following surgeries and treatments. They petitioned for help when the father was diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer. Three days after the family moved into their new home, he died.)
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* In the series finale, final episode of the ABC run, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
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* The Sweenson-Lee story is also tragic. Vicki and Erik took in their nieces and nephews from Vicki's sister, Teri, who along with the sister's current boyfriend were brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend leaving the children traumatized with even one of the boys mentioning that hadn't even fully gotten over the death of their father and now they have to deal with their mother's death also. What is even worse that the oldest daughter not only witnessed the attack and the death of her mother but she also witnessed the death of her father several years earlier during a car accident doubling the trauma.
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** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with these words]]: "Thank you, ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''."
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** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with these words]]: "Thank you, ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''."
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[HeartwarmingMoments [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
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** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments with these words]]: "Thank you, ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition''."
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessica Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, ''and'' placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor. SO. MANY. TEARS.
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessica Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, ''and'' placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor. SO. MANY. TEARS.
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!]]
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!]]Aww]]!
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* The Vardon family, in which both parents were deaf and their younger son was blind and autistic. Their older son was responsible for caring for all three of them. He was ''fourteen.'' [[spoiler:The conclusion of the show included him receiving a scholarship for college.]]
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* The Vardon family, in which both parents were deaf and their younger son was blind and autistic. Their older son was responsible for caring for all three of them. He was ''fourteen.'' [[spoiler:The The conclusion of the show included him receiving a scholarship for college.]]
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* The Sweenson-Lee story is also tragic. Vicki and Erik took in their niece and nephews from Vicki's sister who along with the sister's current boyfriend were brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend leaving the children traumatized with even the younger boys even mentioning that they hadn't even fully gotten over the death of their father and now they have to deal with their mother's death also. What is even worse that the oldest daughter not only witnessed the attack and the death of her mother but she also witnessed the death of her father several years earlier during a car accident doubling the trauma.
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* The Sweenson-Lee story is also tragic. Vicki and Erik took in their niece nieces and nephews from Vicki's sister sister, Teri, who along with the sister's current boyfriend were brutally murdered by her ex-boyfriend leaving the children traumatized with even one of the younger boys even mentioning that they hadn't even fully gotten over the death of their father and now they have to deal with their mother's death also. What is even worse that the oldest daughter not only witnessed the attack and the death of her mother but she also witnessed the death of her father several years earlier during a car accident doubling the trauma.
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* The Cadigan-Scott family: Diane Scott and Mark Cadigan both died within three weeks of each other, leaving their eight children to fend for themselves. The older siblings moved back to the house in Livermore, California to keep the family together, but the house remained way too small. On top of all that, they all had to share one bathroom. As if that weren't tear-inducing enough, the show made a point to mention the parents' bedroom, that had been left untouched by the children, preserved as a shrine. Ty had to let them know that there was no way to save the room from the demolition, and the family was allowed to take as much time as they needed before work began to gather in the room and spend some last moments.
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* The Vardon family, in which both parents were deaf and their younger son was blind and autistic. Their older son was responsible for caring for all three of them. He was fourteen.
* This was put into a very recent episode with the Stott family, whose mother had leukemia and was saved by bone marrow given by a guy that helped out on the project. Their house burned to the point of being unlivable due to the mother's illness. All of the things they did...one of the boys made her a "cancer dragon" that she keeps by her bedside so that it'd eat her cancer.
* This was put into a very recent episode with the Stott family, whose mother had leukemia and was saved by bone marrow given by a guy that helped out on the project. Their house burned to the point of being unlivable due to the mother's illness. All of the things they did...one of the boys made her a "cancer dragon" that she keeps by her bedside so that it'd eat her cancer.
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* The Vardon family, in which both parents were deaf and their younger son was blind and autistic. Their older son was responsible for caring for all three of them. He was fourteen.
* This was put into a very recent episode with''fourteen.'' [[spoiler:The conclusion of the show included him receiving a scholarship for college.]]
* The Stott family, whose mother had leukemia and was saved by bone marrow given by a guy that helped out on the project. Their house burned to the point of being unlivable due to the mother's illness. All of the things they did...one of the boys made her a "cancer dragon" that she keeps by her bedside so that it'd eat her cancer.
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* The Stott family, whose mother had leukemia and was saved by bone marrow given by a guy that helped out on the project. Their house burned to the point of being unlivable due to the mother's illness. All of the things they did...one of the boys made her a "cancer dragon" that she keeps by her bedside so that it'd eat her cancer.
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessia Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, and so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, and placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor. SO. MANY. TEARS.
* The Imbriani family, whom apparently had not actually applied for the show. Instead, they were nominated by a lady named Nancy Avila, who had never even met them. It turns out that Brook Imbriani had donated blood and then bone marrow, that went on to save the life of a little girl who suffered from leukemia, named Esmeralda. The little girl's mother, Nancy, eager to find and meet the person who donated the bone marrow that saved her baby's life, asked the show to find this family and if they could fix their house. Made all the more amazing because Ty and the crew went to make the wake-up call to the Imbriani family without the Imbriani's even knowing about it, and you could see the surprise in their faces. They get the makeover, as the house did need repairing, but did not reveal the whole story to Brook and her family until they were seeing their new house. Ty then tells Brook that he knows she donated bone marrow, and then reveals who the bone marrow went to, and out comes Nancy with her daughter Esmeralda, and the emotion and tears just pour as the women hug, with Nancy thanking Brook for saving her daughter's life, calling Brook an angel.
* The Walker family. The family's brilliant eleven year old boy hung himself because he couldn't put up with profuse and incessant bullying. They were unable to visit their third floor. It just held too many bad memories.
* The Imbriani family, whom apparently had not actually applied for the show. Instead, they were nominated by a lady named Nancy Avila, who had never even met them. It turns out that Brook Imbriani had donated blood and then bone marrow, that went on to save the life of a little girl who suffered from leukemia, named Esmeralda. The little girl's mother, Nancy, eager to find and meet the person who donated the bone marrow that saved her baby's life, asked the show to find this family and if they could fix their house. Made all the more amazing because Ty and the crew went to make the wake-up call to the Imbriani family without the Imbriani's even knowing about it, and you could see the surprise in their faces. They get the makeover, as the house did need repairing, but did not reveal the whole story to Brook and her family until they were seeing their new house. Ty then tells Brook that he knows she donated bone marrow, and then reveals who the bone marrow went to, and out comes Nancy with her daughter Esmeralda, and the emotion and tears just pour as the women hug, with Nancy thanking Brook for saving her daughter's life, calling Brook an angel.
* The Walker family. The family's brilliant eleven year old boy hung himself because he couldn't put up with profuse and incessant bullying. They were unable to visit their third floor. It just held too many bad memories.
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessia Jessica Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, and so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, and ''and'' placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor. SO. MANY. TEARS.
* The Imbriani family,whom apparently had not who never actually applied for the show. Instead, they were nominated by a lady named Nancy Avila, who had never even met them. It turns out that Adult daughter Brook Imbriani had donated blood and then bone marrow, that which went on to save the life of a little girl named Esmeralda, who suffered from leukemia, named Esmeralda. leukemia. The little girl's mother, Nancy, was eager to find and meet thank the person who donated the bone marrow that saved her baby's life, so she asked the show to find this family and if they could fix their house. Made find this person and give them a home makeover. The whole thing is made all the more amazing because when Ty and the crew went to make the wake-up call to the Imbriani family without the Imbriani's Imbrianis even knowing about it, and you could see the surprise in their faces. They get faces - but by a strange twist of fate, they actually ''needed'' the makeover, as the since their house did need repairing, but did not reveal the had recently been hit and badly damaged by a drunk driver. The whole story to Brook and her family behind their nomination, however, is kept secret until the end of the show when they were seeing their new house. see the renovations. Ty then tells Brook that he knows she donated bone marrow, and then reveals who the bone marrow went to, and out comes the reveal of Nancy with her daughter Esmeralda, and the emotion and tears just pour as the women hug, with Nancy thanking Brook for saving her daughter's life, calling Brook an angel.
* The Walkerfamily. The family's brilliant eleven year old boy hung eleven-year-old son hanged himself because he couldn't put up with profuse and incessant bullying. They were unable to visit their third floor. It floor, where the suicide took place, because it just held too many bad memories.
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons. Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam. Then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle]]. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, and SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series with these words, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming "Thank you, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]
* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, and SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series with these words, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming "Thank you, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family family, were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons. sons; Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam. Then, Vietnam - then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle]]. aisle. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
Aww]]!]]
*This The entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, and SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family many families when watching this show has become became, in essence, "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming with thesewords, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming words]]: "Thank you, Extreme ''Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]Edition''."
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** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of the final episode]]. They were HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming with these
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessia Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, and so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, and placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor. SO. MANY. TEARS.
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* The Piestewa family. Not ONLY is it the usual fix-up-a-nice-home-for-some-nice-people sentiment, but then you've got the fact that the Piestewa family consists of the parents and the children of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Piestewa Lori Piestewa]], the first woman casualty of the war in Iraq and the first EVER female Native American killed in overseas combat in this country's history. And THEN add that in the fact that Lori Piestewa had been killed in the same ambush in which [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Lynch Jessia Lynch]] became a POW -- and Jessica and Lori had been friends and made a pact to take care of each others' families, and so it was Jessica Lynch who nominated the Piestewa family for the show. And THEN add on the fact that the crew decided to not just build a new home for the Piestewas, they also constructed a new Veterans' center on a nearby Navajo reservation, got Sears to donate $300,000 worth of new clothes to all the other families on the reservation, and placed a memorial marker to Piestewa on nearby Piestewa Peak, which had been recently re-named in her honor. SO. MANY. TEARS.
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** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of that episode]]. They were huge fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series with these words, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming "Thank you, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]
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** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of that the final episode]]. They were huge HUGE fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series with these words, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming "Thank you, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]
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* The Byers family, whose LittlestCancerPatient died three months after the show aired.
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* The Byers family, whose LittlestCancerPatient died less than three months after the show episode aired.
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* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, and SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
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* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, and SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit...""
** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of that episode]]. They were huge fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series with these words, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming "Thank you, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]
** The end of the [[http://www.parentstv.org/PTC/publications/bw/2012/0120best.asp Parents Television Council's review of that episode]]. They were huge fans of the show, and they concluded their eulogy of the series with these words, [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming "Thank you, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"]]
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons. Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam. Then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World]]. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons. Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam. Then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World]].World. ABC even flew out Gonzalez's oldest son (who was away at college) to walk her down the aisle]]. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
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* In the series finale, the team built seven homes for seven families in Joplin. Two of the families, the Cogdill family and the Whitely family were neighbors before the tornado. Crystal Cogdill lost one of her sons. Crystal Whitely lost her son ''and'' one of her daughters. Thang Nquyen came to America after losing everything in Vietnam. Then, just before he retired, he lost his home again. Scott Ely and Natalie Gonzalez decided to get married after they survived the tornado. [[spoiler:In a big surprise, they were granted a wedding at Walt Disney World]]. [[HeartwarmingMoments Aww]]!
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* The Hill family. Because of the father's PTSD, he couldn't go see his son run track because of the noise.
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* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]], and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]] that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
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* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of TearJerker, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Crowning Moments of Heartwarming]], SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments, and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]] SugarWiki/FunnyMoments that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
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* The Walker family. The family's brilliant eleven year old boy hung himself because he couldn't put up with profuse and incessant bullying. They were unable to visit their third floor. It just held too many bad memories.
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* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of Tear Jerker, Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, and Crowning Moments of Funny that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
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* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of Tear Jerker, Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, and TearJerker, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming Crowning Moments of Funny Heartwarming]], and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Crowning Moments of Funny]] that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
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* The Imbriani family, whom apparently had not actually applied for the show. Instead, they were nominated by a lady named Nancy Avila, who had never even met them. It turns out that Brook Imbriani had donated blood and then bone marrow, that went on to save the life of a little girl who suffered from leukemia, named Esmeralda. The little girl's mother, Nancy, eager to find and meet the person who donated the bone marrow that saved her baby's life, asked the show to find this family and if they could fix their house. Made all the more amazing because Ty and the crew went to make the wake-up call to the Imbriani family without the Imbriani's even knowing about it, and you could see the surprise in their faces. They get the makeover, as the house did need repairing, but did not reveal the whole story to Brook and her family until they were seeing their new house. Ty then tells Brook that he knows she donated bone marrow, and then reveals who the bone marrow went to, and out comes Nancy with her daughter Esmeralda, and the emotion and tears just pour as the women hug, with Nancy thanking Brook for saving her daughter's life, calling Brook an angel.
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* The Imbriani family, whom apparently had not actually applied for the show. Instead, they were nominated by a lady named Nancy Avila, who had never even met them. It turns out that Brook Imbriani had donated blood and then bone marrow, that went on to save the life of a little girl who suffered from leukemia, named Esmeralda. The little girl's mother, Nancy, eager to find and meet the person who donated the bone marrow that saved her baby's life, asked the show to find this family and if they could fix their house. Made all the more amazing because Ty and the crew went to make the wake-up call to the Imbriani family without the Imbriani's even knowing about it, and you could see the surprise in their faces. They get the makeover, as the house did need repairing, but did not reveal the whole story to Brook and her family until they were seeing their new house. Ty then tells Brook that he knows she donated bone marrow, and then reveals who the bone marrow went to, and out comes Nancy with her daughter Esmeralda, and the emotion and tears just pour as the women hug, with Nancy thanking Brook for saving her daughter's life, calling Brook an angel.angel.
* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of Tear Jerker, Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, and Crowning Moments of Funny that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
* This entire series is comprised of alternating segments of Tear Jerker, Crowning Moment of Heartwarming, and Crowning Moments of Funny that seem to also be heartwarming. The result is that the mantra of this troper's family when watching this show has become "Awwww... *Sniffle* dammit..."
