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Daily Mirror
National
Ben Barry

Brave boy, 10, gives his older sister an extra special gift - and saves her life

A caring brother became his sister’s superhero when he saved her life by donating his bone marrow.

Rio Cheige, 10, stepped into the breach after his elder sibling Ruby, 14, was diagnosed with leukaemia.

Ruby had come home from school one day with leg ache, which her mum Debra, 39, had put down to growing pains.

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