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Philadelphia’s gun violence took her only child. Now she’s starting over in Montana.
Philadelphia molded Meredith Elizalde. It’s where she was born and raised, where she launched her teaching career, where she gave birth to her son, Nicolas, and with him built countless memories. But it is also the city that ruined her life — the place …