Zach Berger

But even then, there’s going be some understandable disappointment when the total isn’t higher than that of 2015, or 2014, or 2013, or 2012. And while I disagree with your disappointment, I really do get it.

A year of fundraising and 46 hours of standing and dancing ‘For The Kids’ has come to a close. As always, the final few hours of THON brought a rollercoaster of emotions.

“I can’t even explain in the words the love and commitment and friendship and hope that came from THON, The emotional support and friendship that they gave me is why I kept going,” Dominique Bigler wrote before she passed away in 2014.

Here’s our first batch of photos from the floor at THON 2016, where dancers are dancing, kids are shooting water guns, and everybody is having a great time.

Skye emerged from the sinkhole a little dirty, but immediately began wagging her tail and running around, happy to be reunited with her owner. Watch the video of the dramatic dog rescue.