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StoryCorps Shorts: Dear Mrs. Doyle
In 1958, John Cruitt was in third-grade. His teacher was Cecile Doyle. That year, his mother was seriously ill with multiple sclerosis. At StoryCorps, he talks with his former teacher about why he reached out to her decades later.
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