By Associated Press - Monday, April 3, 2017

WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - A haunting rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah,” sung by an American high school student into a wishing well in Italy, has gained a lot of online attention.

Tiffany Ruan was on a spring trip with a singing group from her school in Wichita, Kansas, last week when she spotted the well in Venice.

She tells the Wichita Eagle (https://bit.ly/2otFNHj ) that she saw her choir teacher with a group of students singing into the well and she decided to record a video.



The resulting 48-second clip showcases Ruan’s voice as it echoes through the well.

The video has been shared more than 125,000 times and liked more than 300,000 times on Twitter.

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