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Twin Sisters, a Front Line Worker and Cancer Survivor, Receive Surprise Trip to the Caribbean

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Twin Sisters, a Front Line Worker and Cancer Survivor, Receive Surprise Trip to the Caribbean

Amanda Liesner is a nurse in the COVID ICU at Penn Presbyterian. Her twin sister Smanatha Liesner is battling breast cancer and in quarantine in Abington. Hyatt Hotels gave them both a free trip to the Caribbean as part of their “Hearts for Heroes” campaign. NBC10’s Aaron Baskerville helped surprise them both.

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