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4-year-old heals "inner loneliness" by bringing his neighborhood together

The old adage "it takes a village to raise a child" was turned on its head when it took a child to unite a village in North Carolina. Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" with the story.

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4-year-old heals "inner loneliness" by bringing his neighborhood together

The old adage "it takes a village to raise a child" was turned on its head when it took a child to unite a village in North Carolina. Steve Hartman goes "On the Road" with the story.

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