Newspaper Article about the Iowa Hawkeyes' Wave of Support, September 5, 2017

Courtesy of The Cedar Rapids Gazette, Miller, Vanessa, "A new tradition? Iowa Hawkeyes fans give wave of support to children's hospital patients after first quarter," The Cedar Rapids Gazette, 5 September 2017

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This newspaper article from The Cedar Rapids Gazette looks at the origin of the Iowa Hawkeye fan wave to patients at the University of Iowa Stead Family Children's Hospital. The article focused on 8-year-old Zack Poe, who was battling a lung infection following a serious case of pneumonia. His family took him to the 12th floor of the hospital, which towers over Kinnick Stadium, and they joined dozens of other pediatric patients and families for a "press box" view of the first home football game of the season. And at the end of the first quarter, 68,000-plus fans turned and waved at the patients. This has since become a tradition with the University of Iowa athletics.