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Dad’s heartbreaking Internet plea spurs strangers

By John Seewer
Published July 16, 2014 9:28pm ET
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Dad’s heartbreaking Internet plea spurs strangers
This combination photo of two images shows a family photo of Sophia Steffel, left, and a retouched version by Jillian Johnston of Mountain View, Calif. Days after the infant daughter of Nathen Steffel died in a Cincinnati hospital from complications from a tumor in her liver, he asked users on the Reddit website if someone could alter the hospital photo. "Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes," he wrote. Johnston's work was one of hundreds sent in response. (AP Photo) | Jillian Johnston

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Just days after his infant daughter’s death, Nathen Steffel asked strangers on the Internet for only one thing: He and his wife wanted a photo of their daughter without the breathing tubes and tape that masked her little face.

The response has been overwhelming.

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