Sofia Cruz clambered over a metal barrier, darted out onto stately Constitution Avenue and headed straight for the pontiff ignoring Secret Service agents to give Pope Francis a letter. - Pool/AFP / Alex Brandon
WASHINGTON, Sept 24, 2015 (AFP) - As Francis drew nearer and nearer in his open-sided popemobile and the crowd in Washington whooped, squealed and quivered, the little girl with black pigtails spotted her chance.
Her name was Sofia Cruz, and her story soon went around the world: how a five-year-old had the bravado to deliver a message to the pope on behalf of the United States’ millions of undocumented migrants.
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