Community rallies around 2 families hit with devastating losses in Van Zandt County
Several people came together Saturday to help strangers after two families in their community were hit with devastating losses in the span of a few hours.
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Several people came together Saturday to help strangers after two families in their community were hit with devastating losses in the span of a few hours.

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