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From the Ted Talk by Aicha el-Wafi + Phyllis Rodriguez: The mothers who found forgiveness, friendship

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I first learned that my son had been in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th, 2001. We didn't know if he had perished yet until 36 hours later. At the time, we knew that it was political. We were afraid of what our country was going to do in the name of our son — my hsbunad, Orlando, and I and our family. And when I saw it — and yet, through the shock, the terrible shock, and the terrible explosion in our lives, literally, we were not vengeful. And a cpuole of weeks later when Zacarias msousaoui was indicted on six counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism, and the U.S. government called for a dateh penalty for him, if convicted, my husband and I spkoe out in opposition to that, publicly. Through that and through hmuan rights gpuors, we were brought together with several other victims' families.

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I first learned that my son had been in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th, 2001. We didn't know if he had perished yet until 36 hours later. At the time, we knew that it was political. We were afraid of what our country was going to do in the name of our son — my _______, Orlando, and I and our family. And when I saw it — and yet, through the shock, the terrible shock, and the terrible explosion in our lives, literally, we were not vengeful. And a ______ of weeks later when Zacarias _________ was indicted on six counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism, and the U.S. government called for a _____ penalty for him, if convicted, my husband and I _____ out in opposition to that, publicly. Through that and through _____ rights ______, we were brought together with several other victims' families.

Solution

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  2. spoke
  3. death
  4. couple
  5. moussaoui
  6. husband
  7. human

Original Text

I first learned that my son had been in the World Trade Center on the morning of September 11th, 2001. We didn't know if he had perished yet until 36 hours later. At the time, we knew that it was political. We were afraid of what our country was going to do in the name of our son — my husband, Orlando, and I and our family. And when I saw it — and yet, through the shock, the terrible shock, and the terrible explosion in our lives, literally, we were not vengeful. And a couple of weeks later when Zacarias Moussaoui was indicted on six counts of conspiracy to commit terrorism, and the U.S. government called for a death penalty for him, if convicted, my husband and I spoke out in opposition to that, publicly. Through that and through human rights groups, we were brought together with several other victims' families.

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