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Sep 2020
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La course au sommet de la tour Eiffel (T...

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When Valérie Hirschfield lost her leg, she made a promise to her family that she would bounce back stronger than ever — a promise that would one day lead her to race up France’s most iconic monument.

A transcript of this episode is available at https://bit.ly/3H41se7.

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