First Lady visits St. Jude, talks about Ukraine humanitarian effort
First Lady Jill Biden speaks during a stop Friday, March 25 at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
First Lady Jill Biden (second from left) talks Friday, March 25 to a team of doctors and administrators during a stop at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
First Lady Jill Biden hugs Marlo Thomas during a stop Friday, March 25 at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
First Lady Jill Biden (second from left) and Marlo Thomas (far left) meet with former St. Jude patient Katherin Aristondo (second from right) and her mother, Amanda Aristondo. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
First Lady Jill Biden holds the hand of former St. Jude patient Katherin Aristondo while listening Friday to her story during a stop at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
First Lady Jill Biden and Marlo Thomas talk to a group of doctors and local oofficials Friday at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
First Lady Jill Biden tours the lab at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.(Bill Dries/The Daily Memphian)
More children with cancer are coming to the city from the Ukraine war zone next week. First Lady Jill Biden made the visit to St. Jude Friday afternoon and talked privately with four children and their families airlifted this past Monday from Poland to Memphis.
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