Kind-hearted Ferrari owners make terminally ill boy's wish come true

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Toby Penrose with mum Emily. A young boy dying from a rare disease fulfilled his dream of riding in a Ferrari - when NINE kind-hearted owners turned up with their supercars. See SWNS story SWFERRARI: Terminally-ill Toby Penrose, 11, told his mum Emily he wanted to sit in the sports car for his 11th birthday. His family put out an appeal on Facebook and were stunned when nine strangers responded to make his dreams a reality. A fleet of Ferraris arrived for his party to the delight to Toby who suffers from the rare degenerative brain disease Adrenoleukodystrophy. The Italian supercars lined up outside the Esplanade Hotel in Newquay, Cornwall on Sunday. Delighted Toby made his way down the red carpet in his wheelchair where he was shown their huge engines.



A youngster with a rare degenerative disease had his dream of sitting in a Ferrari come true nine times over after his family put out an appeal online.

When Toby Penrose, who suffers from the degenerative brain disease Adrenoleukodystrophy, told his mum, Emily that he wanted a Ferrari for his 11th birthday, there was little she could do.

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