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Young children bring joy to woman who lost son, daughter in tornado

Cristina Alvarez will never forget March 15 and Sept. 27, the birthdays of her son 9-year-old son Daniel and 6-month-old daughter Yaire. She'll also never forget April 16, 2011, when she lost both children - and two nephews - when a powerful storm ripped through Raleigh and demolished much of her Stony Brook North neighborhood.
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Cristina Alvarez will never forget March 15 and Sept. 27, the birthdays of her son 9-year-old son Daniel and 6-month-old daughter Yaire. She'll also never forget April 16, 2011, when she lost both children - and two nephews - when a powerful storm ripped through Raleigh and demolished much of her Stony Brook North neighborhood.

Reporter : Leyla Santiago
Photographer : Keith Baker
Posted 2016-04-12T17:28:36-0400 - Updated 2016-04-12T17:28:36-0400