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Taylor Swift Tickets Auctioned to Help Fund Research for Ottawa Boy with Rare Disease

  • A pair of Taylor Swift tickets are being auctioned in Ottawa to raise funds for research into hereditary-spastic paraplegia type four (SPG4), a rare disease affecting a seven-year-old boy named Jack.
  • The family aims to raise $3 million for gene-therapy-research, with the help of local and international donors.
  • The auction ends on November 9, with matching donations up to $50,000.