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Two Texas teens thought they were just competing for scholarships honoring the children of dead or disabled first responders

In Los Angeles earlier this month, they discovered their families were already linked through tragedy

Catherine Norris and Lizzie Rule got another surprise: their scholarship awards were much larger than they expected

Though they live less than an hour apart in Texas, it wasn’t until two teenagers took a trip to Los Angeles for a scholarship competition earlier this month that they discovered a surprise emotional connection between their families.

Catherine Norris and Lizzie Rule, both 18, traveled to California for what they believed was the final stage of the application process for the Children of Heroes Scholarship , a program supporting kids

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