Boy donates dying wish to baseball field improvements

ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- When the Make-a-Wish Foundation contacted a 14-year-old New Mexico boy with brain cancer, he told them he wanted to go skydiving.

His doctors wouldn't sign off on skydiving, so he decided to do something for others.

Martin Romero told the organization to spruce up local baseball fields. The foundation added paving between field and benches to make it easier for parents, grandparents and young children to see games.

Martin died before the improvements were finished.

"It's a situation where you can't even walk up and not shed a tear like I am right now, just remembering him on the field," said Martin's father, John Romerao.

The county commission is working to rename the fields after Martin.

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