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    • Melissa Mahtani
      Senior Producer/Reporter TV & Digital, CNN

      Melissa Mahtani is a Senior Producer and Reporter for CNN's award winning digital team producing, writing and creating content for the entire network.

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    • This Las Vegas survivor held a stranger for hours after he died at her side

      By Melissa Mahtani, CNN
      In the midst of Sunday night's chaos and carnage in Las Vegas, Heather Gooze didn't run. Instead she stayed, holding a stranger's hand as he died.
    • Lin-Manuel Miranda visits "Extra" at Universal Studios Hollywood on November 10, 2016 in Universal City, California.

      'Hamilton' creator: New song a 'love letter to Puerto Rico'

      By Melissa Mahtani, CNN
      "Hamilton" creator Lin-Manuel Miranda and his father, Luis Miranda, made a passionate plea for help for the hurricane-ravaged island of Puerto Rico.
    • MIAMI BEACH, FL - SEPTEMBER 07: Tourist Bjorg Aasen and Arne Forsmo walk to catch a shuttle to a shelter as the city announced a mandatory evacuation ahead of the approaching Hurricane Irma on September 7, 2017 in Miami Beach, Florida. Current tracks for Hurricane Irma shows that it could hit south Florida this weekend. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)

      People open their doors to Hurricane Irma evacuees

      By Melissa Mahtani, CNN
      In the face of one of the strongest hurricanes ever to hit the Atlantic region, people across the United States started opening their homes to help evacuees.