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Watch: The heart-moving moment orphaned 11-year-old girl is told she is going to be adopted

October 12, 2017

The reaction of an 11-year-old girl to the news she was finally going to be adopted by her foster parents is enough to make your heart melt.

The moment Tannah Butterfield of Utah was told by her school office manager Jackie Alexander was captured on video.

It shows Tannah leaping into Alexander's arms after being told the news.

She was told she and her two younger sisters will be officially adopted by foster parents Jennifer and Jeff Fisher.

"My heart was so happy. It was like, 'Ah!'” Tannah tells WGN9.

"I was, like, screaming."

Alexander told ABC the moment was "pure joy".

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