Local family to see pope

TJ Dygert is about to experience for a second time, something he thought would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He will be going to see Pope Benedict XVI today, this time in New York City.

Dygert, a senior at Tyburn Academy of Mary Immaculate, traveled to Rome, Italy, shortly after Pope Benedict had ascended to the papacy and was so close to him at the Vatican he could have touched his hand.