Florida teen battling cancer dies weeks after fulfilling wish to wed his high school sweetheart

WTSP-TV, Tampa-St. Petersburg, Fla.

In this Sunday, Jan. 28, 2018, file photo, Dustin Snyder, 19, kisses his wife, Sierra, after exchanging wedding vows at the The Big Red Barn in Plant City, Fla. Dustin Snyder, who had been battling a rare form of cancer has died less than a month after marrying his high school sweetheart.

PLANT CITY, Fla. — A Florida teenager with with a rare form of cancer whose dying wish was to marry his high school sweetheart has passed away.

Brittany Hails said on social media that her brother, 19-year-old Dustin Snyder, “got his wings” Friday.

Snyder and Sierra Siverio were wed last month during a ceremony in Plant City near Tampa.

Dustin and Sierra’s love story starts in sixth grade.

Snyder was battling synovial sarcoma cancer. Doctors said last month that he had only weeks or maybe a month to live. Wasting no time, Snyder proposed to Siverio several days before the Jan. 28 ceremony. The community quickly came together to make sure the wedding took place, donating everything from the rings to the wedding gown and venue.

Snyder and Siverio had started dating in sixth grade but lost touch after middle school.

“Definitely my first love,” Siverio said. “For sure.”

The couple reunited as high school seniors.

"Sierra means the world to me. Everything,” Snyder told 10News in an interview days before the wedding. “Can’t even describe it in words."

Contributing: The Associated Press

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