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Grieving Father Asks The Internet To Photoshop His Daughter's Photo After She Passed Away

July 16, 2014

Nathen Steffel posted a heartbreaking request on the website/forum Reddit this past weekend asking someone to Photoshop a picture of his daughter Sophia who lived only six weeks before passing away last week.

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He has been overwhelmed by internet users' responses. He originally posted:

"My daughter recently passed away after a long battle in the children's hospital. Since she was in the hospital her whole life we never were able to get a photo without all her tubes. Can someone remove the tubes from this photo?"

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He never anticipated the speed, scale and generosity of the response.

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Steffel received numerous Photoshopped pictures from Reddit users.

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"All I wanted was a nice picture," Steffel added. "What I received was a lot of love and support from a bunch of strangers. A long with a lot of great photos, drawings and paintings. Thanks everyone!"

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"I stayed up until 3am that night trying to respond to everyone who had seemed to have a similar experience," Sophia's father revealed to Buzzfeed.

"It helped knowing that others cared enough to stop whatever they were doing in their own lives to either send me a picture or just their condolences.

"It's just awesome that this story and her pictures have touched so many people."

Sources: Reddit, Buzzfeed