Taylor Swift tickets auctioned off to research rare disease gifted to Ottawa boy [Video]

An Ottawa boy with a rare disease will be getting the chance to see Taylor Swift in concert after the winner and organizers of an auction held on his behalf gifted the tickets to him.

CTV News has reported this year on seven-year-old Jack Laidlaw, who was diagnosed with hereditary spastic paraplegia type four (SPG4), a disease that affects less than 0.01 per cent of the population.

His family, friends and community have been coming together to help raise $3 million total needed for gene therapy research for a cure.

The daughters of a family friend decided to hold an auction to give away their tickets for Swift’s Nov. 14 show in Toronto to raise money for Jack. An anonymous donour had been matching the winning bid with up to $50,000.

An Ottawa woman with the winning bid of $20,000 said she wanted the tickets to stay with the girls. The girls then decided they thought Jack should be the one …