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'I Don't Have a Dad'

Olivia lost her father when the towers fell. Now 14, she clings to his old shirt, a pair of his glasses—and learns about pain and the passage of time.

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She is 14 now, in her first week of high school. Most of her friends don’t know why this day matters so much to her, and she probably won’t tell them.

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