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As he coats a mold of Jackie Robinson with wax, metalsmith Alex Haines reflected on the extra importance of a project that will soon give the city of Wichita, Kan., a replacement bronze statue of the baseball icon after thieves brazenly destroyed the original.

Metalsmiths in Loveland are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations.

An employee at Art Castings of Colorado touches up a wax mold of Jackie Robinson's jersey

A replacement bronze statue of Jackie Robinson is being created after thieves destroyed the original. Donations will also help make improvements to League 42 facilities.

As he coats a mold of Jackie Robinson with wax, metalsmith Alex Haines reflected on the extra importance of a project that will soon give the city of Wichita, Kansas, a replacement bronze statue of the baseball icon after thieves brazenly destroyed the original.

Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze after the theft of a beloved Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon set off a national outpouring of donations

Crews found burned remnants of the statue while responding to a trash can fire at another park about 7 miles away from the scene of the theft.

Metalsmiths in Colorado are remaking Jackie Robinson in bronze to replace a Kansas statue of the civil rights baseball icon that was stolen.

After the Jackie Robinson statue was stolen a week ago and later found burned and dismantled, Wichitans were worried if they would ever see it again.

The Jackie Robinson statue was created for a Kansas ballpark by Art Castings of Colorado – they will help create a replacement statue after it was vandalized.