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Teens created their prom outfits out of duct tape and won $10,000 in scholarship money from the Duck brand. See the unique creations that took hours to make.

First Published: 8:41 AM PDT, July 23, 2023Leighton Long and Tatum Kelly, both 17, have been friends since birth. The two were born prematurely and spent th ...

Teenagers go to high school prom after they were in NICU together 17 years ago in Nashville

Teenagers go to high school prom after they were in NICU together 17 years ago in Nashville

Ago, that was just, you know, two, three years ago. its hard to believe that that young woman sitting next to you is that little baby. >> im tatums mom but it is so hard to believe these tiny babies grew up all these years they were friends and all these milestones they reached together, including their senior -- her senior prom that their bond was that influential that she wanted to take him with her. >> steve: yeah, thats absolutely right. laura. lori, how did you feel about this? >> oh, i was...

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Know, having them so early and just a hard time it is. when youre in the hospital and youre watching your baby struggle for life and laura and i had a very difficult time ourselves, and just seeing that god brought them to this very day celebrating and dancing, a tremendous blessing from him. >> steve: now were all a puddle. thanks so much for doing this. leighton you get the final word. how was the prom? >> oh, it was really fun. it was great. we danced and played laser tag and bowled. it was a...

Pictures. tatum lets start with you. this was actually your idea, right? >> yes, it was. >> steve: so what did you want to do? >> well, i thought it would be fun and it would be something new to try and weve always liked hanging out so i figured i would invite him to my prom and have a lot of fun. >> steve: okay. and leighton, you obviously accepted. >> yeah. >> steve: you guys have been friends -- is it hard to wrap your head around the idea, i was in a nicu unit bed two beds over from her 17 y...

Two teenagers who are now both 17 and spent critical days in the neonatal intensive care unit in Nashville, Tennessee, as babies, recently attended a high school prom together.

Tennessee teenagers Tatum Kelly and Leighton Long met as infants in a hospital's neonatal intensive care unit — and decided to go to prom together 17 years later.