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Was he born to be a journalist? Yes, I think he was born to be a journalist.

He I think had always been seeking a life of adventure and his travel,

his writing, working at the Wall Street Journal as a Russia correspondent, it was his

absolute dream job.

I got a call for my mom and it's just my stomach fell out, you know, your heart stops. It's so hard to believe that something like that is actually real.

And I remember my mom and I discussing the morning after, is that really Evan, that photo that came out? We didn't want to admit for a moment that that was him.

Did you think it was a possibility? I mean Russia a year ago had already become dangerous.

Other news organizations were pulling reporters out.

I would say my whole family was nervous.

He would always remind us he's an accredited journalist.

And therefore he thought he was safe.

Yeah, it's very unprecedented.

Well, they decided that he was Yeah, it's very unprecedented.

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