At age 12, while his parents were away, he made an eye-opening solo trip to New York.

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Sarai's brother said he had been worried about his sister's solo trip.

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Bush's first solo trip abroad as American first lady.

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Jenn Gibbons, 27, embarked in mid-June on a solo 1, 500-mile rowing trip around Lake Michigan, to raise money for breast cancer survivors.

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