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Catheleen Abramowicz, center, and her mother, JoAnna Abramowicz, center right, tear up during a prayer service dedicated to the communities affected by the Oso landslide, during the "Together Evening of Prayer" at Haller Middle School in Arlington, Wash., on Friday, April 4, 2014.
