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WATCH: People ink their bodies to raise money for Flint

Michigan Public | By Mark Brush,
Mercedes Mejia
Published February 19, 2016 at 4:15 PM EST
Tattoo artist Carrie Metz-Caporusso in 2016.
Mark Brush
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Michigan Radio
Tattoo artist Carrie Metz-Caporusso applies her first Flint tattoo of the day.

Carrie Metz-Caporusso had an idea: Use her skills to create a one-day fundraiser for the people in Flint.

She came up with a tattoo design to represent the drinking water crisis in Flint, posted her plan on Facebook, and waited for folks to show up.

Watch what happened below:
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Mark Brush
Mark Brush was the station's Digital Media Director. He succumbed to a year-long battle with glioblastoma, an aggressive brain cancer, in March 2018. He was 49 years old.
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