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She lost everything in a fire but gained a lifelong friend in a Red Cross volunteer

NPR | By Jey Born

Published March 13, 2026 at 4:43 AM EDT

For StoryCorps, a mother speaks with a Red Cross volunteer who helped her recover from a fire at her Chicago apartment in 2019.

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