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Mar 2022
42m 6s

The Mistake I Can’t Take Back

Oprah
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From May 20th, 2004 Oprah talks with people who have made mistakes that they cannot take back. Oprah speaks with a teen student who had an affair with her coach; a son who accidentally killed his mom while drag racing and the mother whose daughter died and her son was injured after not using a car seat. 
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