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Things We Saw Today: A Hero’s Daughter

Things We Saw Today

Author Brad Meltzer wrote a book called Heroes For My Daughter, in which he wrote a series of essays about a variety of people including Lucille Ball, Marie Curie, and Christopher Reeve. Above is a picture of Reeve’s daughter, Alexandra, who showed up at a recent signing for the book and read the entry about her father. Are you crying yet? …How about now? (via Brad Meltzer on Facebook via email tipster Anna B.)

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