A photo of her parents Jerry Spangenberg and Ann Allen sits on the lap of Melissa Spangenberg as she looks at a World of Warcraft Web page in New York, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. When her father collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in the online game, Spangenberg embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided to desert them. AP Photo logo AP Photo 9 months ago

A photo of her parents Jerry Spangenberg and Ann Allen sits on the lap of Melissa Spangenberg as she looks at a World of Warcraft Web page in New York, Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009. When her father collapsed and died in the middle of a quest in the online game, Spangenberg embarked on a quest of her own: to let her father's gaming friends know that he hadn't just decided to desert them.

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