{"id":301,"date":"2010-08-09T18:17:21","date_gmt":"2010-08-09T18:17:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/08\/the-will-to-survive-written-and-performed-by-teenage-cancer-fighter-megan-mcneil.html"},"modified":"2010-08-09T18:17:21","modified_gmt":"2010-08-09T18:17:21","slug":"the-will-to-survive-written-and-performed-by-teenage-cancer-fighter-megan-mcneil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/flirtingwithfaith\/2010\/08\/the-will-to-survive-written-and-performed-by-teenage-cancer-fighter-megan-mcneil.html","title":{"rendered":"The Will to Survive: Written and Performed by Teenage Cancer Fighter Megan McNeil"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Teenager and aspiring singer\/songwriter Megan McNeil has been battling an aggressive cancer since she was 16 years old. She wrote this moving and well-perfomed song, The Will to Survive, to raise awareness and money to battle childhood cancer. The song (which was produced by Rage Against the Machine and Nickleback producer,&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; \">Garth RIchardson)&nbsp;<\/span>is&nbsp;<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; \">available on both iTunes&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial, sans-serif; border-collapse: collapse; \"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/dfptVM\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(42, 93, 176); \">http:\/\/bit.ly\/dfptVM<\/a>&nbsp;and Amazon <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/bKaVKG\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"color: rgb(42, 93, 176); \">http:\/\/amzn.to\/bKaVKG<\/a>. The kids singing back up are also battling cancer. Check it out&#8230; &nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><object width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Y9pHISnIj2Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" \/><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/Y9pHISnIj2Y&amp;hl=en_US&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\"><\/object> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teenager and aspiring singer\/songwriter Megan McNeil has been battling an aggressive cancer since she was 16 years old. She wrote this moving and well-perfomed song, The Will to Survive, to raise awareness and money to battle childhood cancer. 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