HERE, Braedan Bigwarfe dances for the crowd before the start of the dance marathon. His sister, Charis, 15 months old, spent the first 12 weeks of her life in Palmetto Richland Children's Hospital neonatal intensive care unit. Hundreds of students pose for photos at the 2013 USC Dance Marathon on March 1, 2013, at the Strom Thurmond Fitness Center. The University of South Carolina 2013 Dance Marathon is a 24-hour no-sitting, no-sleeping event where the students celebrate the "For The Kids (FTK)" philosophy to raise money for the patients of Palmetto Health Children's Hospital. ROB THOMPSON — rthompson@thestate.com Buy Photo