Twin Cities breast cancer survivors paddle dragon boats to recovery

Dragon Divas
The Dragon Divas practice for their upcoming race on Gervais Lake​ in Little Canada, Minn.
Yi-Chin Lee / MPR News

Two teams of Twin Cities dragon boat racers -- named Courage and Hope -- are made up from the Dragon Divas, a support group of breast cancer survivors. The Divas head to Sarasota, Fla., this weekend to compete in the International Breast Cancer Paddler's Commission. But it's not the competition that brought them together.

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