Pennsylvania cancer survivor opens dream Lego shop [Video]

The young entrepreneur decided to make his dream a reality after winning his five-year battle against cancer.

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa. — 25-year-old Anthony Petrillo has a passion for bricks — Lego bricks to be exact.

“Just organizing them and putting the parts together, the creativity of Lego, it’s very inspiring,” Petrillo said.

Originally from New York, Petrillo graduated from Manheim Township High School and turned his passion into a business.

Bricks of Love USA is located at 19 Briarcrest Drive at the Briarcrest Square Shopping Village in Derry Township, Dauphin County, and has been a dream of Petrillo’s. However, there was a point in time when many were unsure if this dream would be fulfilled.

“Back in 2019, I was diagnosed with cancer,” Petrillo explained.

Stage 4 Hodgkin’s-lymphoma to be specific, which nearly took Petrillo’s life.

“It was still very life-threatening, especially because I had Stage 4,” Petrillo described. “I’m very fortunate because within …