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Hello, welcome to Trumpcast from Los Angeles, California.

I'm Leon Krause.

Almost 18 years ago, on 9-11, I was trying to understand what had happened.

Not only as a journalist, but of course as a human being, I remember I met with a friend

of mine, an older gentleman, a writer, as well, who had and still has a talent to look

at things with a wider and wiser lens.

We spoke about the attack itself, the sheer horror of the attack.

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