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Gwen Duggins, who lost her daughter Kiah in a plane crash on Jan. 29, reflects on her daughter's legacy and shares the comforting words written to their family by the Obamas in the wake of the tragedy

After watching her on television as a teenager, Kiah Duggins became enthralled by the soon-to-be first lady and later interned for her Let Girls Learn initiative at the White House

Kiah went on to graduate from Harvard Law School and became a civil rights attorney at a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit

On the night of Jan. 29, Kiah Duggins was making her way back to Washington, D.C., after a visit to her midwestern hometown, a trip she'd taken plenty of times before. But this visit was different — she'd come to support her mother through surgery . It was also the last time

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