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"A mural of Puerto Rican baseball icon Roberto Clemente will reappear after being destroyed by vandals.The New York-based artist who created the original mural will return to repair what had become a source of pride for an east Orlando community.After an outpouring of support, the original artist said he'll come back to repaint the mural and make it bigger and better than before.\"It's tragic, it really is, that it's gone,\" Orange County Regional History Center representative Emilie Arnold said.Arnold said vandals didn't just destroy the mural, but they stole a piece of the community.\"We were all really upset. We wanted to find a way to try and reach out and help,\" Arnold said.The History Center held an exhibit honoring Clemente two years ago. He was the first Latin American inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.\"He's a hero to the Puerto Rican community, but he's a hero to the Orlando community at large,\" Arnold said.One of the exhibits was a photograph taken of the 20-foot mural painted for the Azalea Park Little League, which was destroyed by vandals earlier in the week.\"I was completely shocked,\" artist Nicer Nazario said.Nazario spent hours making the mural in 2011.\"It was supposed to be a mural that kind of brought the children and the parents together,\" Nazario said.Nazario said he'll return to repaint it, making it bigger and more colorful than before.\"The power of the people and the power of imagery can't be muffled,\" Nazario said.The president of the Azalea Park Little League resigned Friday but would not say why.About $2,500 has been raised to pay for Nazario's flight and supplies.Byron Clercx of the University of Central Florida's School of Arts and Visual Design said his students were heartbroken about the mural's destruction and have offered to help bring the new one to life.\"We have talented, caring, empathetic students who would like to be involved ... in any way, shape or form we can be involved. I think that's what we want to do,\" Clercx said.State Rep. Darren Soto was also saddened to learn of the vandalism.\"I was deeply saddened to learn about the mural of Puerto Rico's favorite baseball son, Roberto Clemente, was painted over,\" Soto said. \"This mural was an icon for our East Orlando neighborhood, but as with many tragedies, we will rebuild. Please reach out to Azalea Park Little League on Facebook to donate.\"14277264"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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