When he was just 11 weeks old, Luca Zayas was diagnosed with a brain tumor. His parents, Richard Zayas and Melissa Moro, were told he might not walk until he was five. But after two surgeries and months of physical and occupational therapy, Luca, now 18 months old, took his first steps shortly before Christmas. Credit: Newsday / Alejandra Villa-Loarca/Alejandra Villa-Loarca

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