A mother's journey from Honduras to Spokane – 'I'm going to carry my girl'

A mother's journey from Honduras to Spokane – "I'm going to carry my girl."

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Sun., April 18, 2021

Jennyfer Mesa, left, offers comfort and understanding to Dania Salgado as she and her husband, Jose Luis Arias, talk about how Dania and her three children left Honduras for the U.S.

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Danna Arias, shown at age 10, had leukemia and wanted to come to a place where a bone-marrow transplant might be possible. She received a transplant in the U.S. but it didn’t take.

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Pastor Alvaro Gomez and Josselyn Arias enjoy cell phone pictures of Josselyn’s sister Danna during a gathering, Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Spokane.

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Jose Luis Arias, clockwise from top left, his wife, Dania Salgado, daughters Johanna, Josselyn and her son Mateo, sitting, gather Tuesday, April 13, 2021, in Spokane.

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