Elizabeth Brenner
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In this April 13, 2017 photo, Elizabeth Brenner, who is following the last footsteps of her son in India, enters the Gangasagar beach in West Bengal state, where the Ganges river flows into the Bay of Bengal. Brenner's son Thomas Plotkin, died during a study abroad trip to the mountains of India more than five-years-ago. His body was never found. Brenner spent two months tracing the 1,037 mile path along the Ganges River as she believes this is the path taken by her son's remains. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)
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In this April 13, 2017 photo, a local woman helps Elizabeth Brenner, left, a mother from Minnesota, take a dip in the waters of Gangasagar in West Bengal, India, where the Ganges river flows into the ocean. Brenner was on a pilgrimage following the last footsteps of her son who died while studying abroad in India. She believes that part of her son's remains flowed across India through the Ganges river into the Bay of Bengal. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)
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In this April 13, 2017 photo, Elizabeth Brenner, 62, in green dress, sits on a crowded steamer boat along with her partner Barry Knight near Gangasagar, West Bengal, India. Brenner's son died during a study abroad trip to the mountains of India more than five-years-ago. His body was never found. Brenner spent two months tracing the 1,037 mile path along the Ganges River to where it empties into the Bay of Bengal as she believes this is the path taken by her son's remains. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)
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In this March 25, 2017 photo, Elizabeth Brenner, left, talks to her sister Sara Mickman, and her niece Sophia, at a restaurant in the town of Munsiyari in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand, India. Brenner was discussing her journey a day before they set off on a hike through narrow, rocky trails that lead to the spot where Brenner's son died in 2011. They were accompanied by Elizabeth's partner Barry Knight, right, and Knight's son Max, second right. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)
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In this March 28, 2017 photo, Elizabeth Brenner, right, gazes skywards during her meeting with locals in Lilam village in the mountainous state of Uttarakhand in north India. Brenner's son Thomas Plotkin fell off a hiking trail near the village while on a study abroad trip in 2011. His body was never found. Brenner is on a journey through India tracing the last footsteps of her son and talking to locals who were involved in the rescue efforts more than five-years-ago. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)
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In this March 27, 2017 photo, a bell with the name "Thomas" inscribed on it that was hung by Elizabeth Brenner on the Milam Glacier Trail in Uttarakhand state of North India. Thomas Plotkin, a University of Iowa student at the time, was on an outdoor learning study abroad trip to India, when he fell more than 300 feet down a steep gorge. A similar bell hung by his classmates in 2011 had washed away by the seasons, so Plotkin's mother Brenner replaced it with this one. (AP Photo/Rishabh R. Jain)
