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RANDOM ACT OF KINDNESS
Edited by ALEXANDRA FENWICK
November 05, 2012
When a mutual friend told him about Bridget Smith, a 12-year-old Notre Dame fan who was dying of a brain tumor, Fighting Irish linebacker Manti Te'o—whose girlfriend died of leukemia last month—composed an emotional e-mail to the girl's parents, who read it to her just before she passed away. "It was just a bright spot on the saddest day of our lives," said Louise Smith.
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November 05, 2012

Random Act Of Kindness

When a mutual friend told him about Bridget Smith, a 12-year-old Notre Dame fan who was dying of a brain tumor, Fighting Irish linebacker Manti Te'o—whose girlfriend died of leukemia last month—composed an emotional e-mail to the girl's parents, who read it to her just before she passed away. "It was just a bright spot on the saddest day of our lives," said Louise Smith.

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