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Heartbreaker: Pre-schooler sobs when reporter asks about first day of school

By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Aug 19, 2015

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A 4-year-old broke into sobs Tuesday when a reporter asked him if he would miss his mom while at the first day of school.

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It was the first day of school for kids in the nation's second-largest school district. For the litttlest kids, it was the first day of pre-kindergarten.

At City Terrace Elementary School, Andrew Macias was brave when the reporter first asked him if he was excited and if he would miss his mom, but then he thought about it for a moment.

Warning: Your heart may break a little when you watch this.

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