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Mesothelioma strikes Georgia teacher, students step in to help

Yonah Hurt never married but worked as a teacher in Macon schools for almost 30 years. Some of her students, like a few members of her 1958-1959 all-girl sophomore class, have remained close to their former teacher. And now, as she struggles with asbestos-related mesothelioma, they have stepped in as caregivers and surrogate