Michael Flanigan — St. John Neumann

Michael Flanigan, 6, was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma—bone cancer that had spread from his right tibia to his jaw and lungs. Doctors gave him six months to live. His parents took him to the Bishop Neumann Shrine in Philadelphia. By October 1963, no signs of cancer in jaw and lungs. By Christmas—when he was expected to be dead—all signs had vanished.

Comparative X-rays and long-term follow-ups documented the cure. Ewing's sarcoma with metastasis to jaw and lungs was lethal in 1963—doctors gave him six months. By Christmas, when he was expected to be dead, all signs had vanished. Complete disappearance of metastatic Ewing's without effective treatment is medically exceptional.