RICHLAND - Aidan Zaugg was only seven years old, but his story made such an impact on our community. On Tuesday, Aidan Zaugg lost his battle to cancer.

Action News first old you about Aidan's fight with cancer two and half years ago.

It was this first fundraiser that coined a phrase now found on bumper stickers, red wristbands and websites ... "Miracles happen everyday...why not Aidan?"

There were auctions, locks of love, golf fundraisers while the Zaugg family spent time traveling to Seattle hospitals for Aidan's treatment.
An army of volunteers kept plugging away to help the family pay medical bills.

"It's amazing how many people we don't know have been willing to help," said Tanya Zaugg in 2006.

Most kids don't live more than a year with a diagnosis of Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma. But two years passed and Aidan fought on.

Action News marked the two year anniversary of his diagnosis by checking in with the bubbly boy. All indications from doctors and tests showed good things.

But just two months later, news from doctors that the tumor was back and growing. Again our community swung into action and we followed suit.

The family spent weeks in Arizona getting a very expensive medical treatment, friends and strangers wanted to get the house back in order before Aidan came home. And boy did you step up with landscaping, new carpeting, gift certificates and cleaning service.

It was a call to action. A couple months later, the urgent call for prayers.

The diagnosis was dire. Doctors expected he had days or hours instead of months or weeks. And once again, Aidan fought on.

His family celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas, knowing it was likely Aidan wouldn't see those holidays.

The last time we saw Aidan was less than two weeks ago. Aidan got to see his favorite comedian Jeff Dunham at the Toyota Center.

It's so fitting that even in this condition, Aidan fought on and mustered the strength for this last outing. Because Aidan fought on his terms, not the doctors' timetables.

A living reminder that miracles do happen, even if things don't end the way we think they should.

We heard back from family about services for Aidan, everything will be open to the public. It will be Saturday, December 6th. The location isn't set yet we'll keep you posted.

And if you do go, the family is asking don't wear black, dress in red so Aidan can see a sea of red from the sky.