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Sep 2024
39m 26s

Why They Beat the Odds

Oprah
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Original Air Date: March 1, 2007

 

At times homeless and abused an NFL star reveals his past. Then, a woman who lost the loves of her life in a fiery plane crash defines resilience. Jeff Henderson-once drug addict, now chef; Laurie Johnson-lost husband and created lemonade crutches; Rhonda Britten-watched father kill mother-now author. Extraordinary people prove anything is possible!

 

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