"Her mother gave me a hug I'll never forget for getting her out, " he said.

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How hungry she is for a hug and how she enjoys her son putting his arm around her or holding her hand when we visit her.

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When the next-to-last group was done and she knew her time was good enough for at least a bronze, she jumped up to hug her coach.

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On the evening before her death Mr Mann said his wife had asked him to hug her and they had sat together on the sofa for a number of hours.

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