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Ann Odre's Daughter Reflects on Unique Bond with the Pope

By Mark Scott

Buffalo, NY – Pope John Paul, II, was forever bound to a Buffalo woman when he was shot in 1981. Ann Odre, who was on a religious pilgrimage, was seriously wounded by one of the shots intended for the Pope. She died in 1997. But her daughter reflects on their bond in this conversation with WBFO's Mark Scott.

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