Ten years ago, young Mallory Blair Greitzer of New York, made headlines around the world when she wrote a letter to then-Empire State Building owner Leona Helmsley, asking her to light up the lights of the famous New York landmark in honor of the Jewish holiday of Channukah. Not only did Helmsley oblige, but she released Mallory’s letter to the press and invited her to switch the lights on at a special ceremony. Mallory was featured in the New York Times, on CNN, and in every other media outlet you can think of. This was TIME Magazine’s account (it picked Mallory as one of its “winners” in the “Winners & Losers” column):

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