There was a hush over the Bryce Jordan Center. In hour 43 of the Interfraternity Council/Panhellenic Dance Marathon, after nearly two days of noise, Family Hour brought silence.

Family hour, which began at 1 p.m. on Sunday afternoon, celebrated the lives of Thon children who survived cancer and remembered the lives of Thon children who did not beat their cancer.

There are 194 Four Diamonds families this year.

"[Family Hour] means the greatest thing of all Thon. [It’s] electrifying – everybody can feel it," Mark Golden said. Golden’s child, Trent, survived three years of treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.

Dancers and spectators alike erupted into applause in celebration.