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Brooklyn teen turns to art after beating cancer

A Brooklyn teen is finally cancer-free after two years of battling lymphoma, and to celebrate, he's turning toward a newfound passion: art. Ryan Reyes says that before he got sick, sports had his interest.

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Apr 12, 2015, 10:47 PM

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