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For Clemson University President Jim Clements, watching his daughter sprint across the graduation stage to receive her diploma — only to accidentally topple them both as she leapt into his arms for a hug — was a "magical" moment.

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00:00She literally just sprinted. I've never seen her run that fast. It was magical.
00:16When Grace was about one and a half, we thought she would never even crawl.
00:20She could barely move. We didn't think she would crawl, walk, run, or talk, or at least we knew there was a chance she might not.
00:26We were always very optimistic and hopeful, but I would put like a little cheerio on the ground in front of her just to try to get her to move.
00:35So the fact that she could run across the stage and tackle me, and there was a time where I'm going, I don't even know if she's going to crawl, but let alone run.
00:45And I bet you those 6,000 other students or whatever the number was, they would have loved to have run across the stage.
00:50She just, she's pure. She was full of joy. She worked so hard for it, and it was the excitement and the buildup and the momentum.
00:59And so she literally just like sprinted. Like that was, I've never seen her run that fast.
01:03So it was, it was magical. I mean, it was, it was absolutely beautiful, magical. I would do it a million times over.
01:13I would let her tackle me a thousand million times over. To see the joy in her face that she did it. She did it.
01:20What do you call him now?
01:21Bull Rios.
01:22Butter Fingers.
01:24Here's you.
01:26I tried my best.
01:27Dad loves you.
01:29I tried my best.
01:30I tried my best.
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