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Michael Kirk
WRITTEN BY
Michael Kirk & Mike Wiser
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Michael Kirk
Mike Wiser
Philip Bennett
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Jim Gilmore
Vanessa Fica
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Steve Audette, ACE
Elliott Choi
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Colette Neirouz Hanna
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Elliott Choi
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Ben McCoy
NARRATOR
Will Lyman
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Olivia DelVecchio
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Elliott Choi
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Brooke Nelson
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Alana Schwartz
Denise Emerson
ASSISTANT EDITORS
Tim Meagher
O. Deborah Afolayan
ORIGINAL MUSIC
John E. Low
SOUND
Jason Pawlak
ASSISTANT CAMERA
Christopher Horne
David Randag
Dennis Dillon
Tom Levy
ONLINE EDITOR/COLORIST
Jim Ferguson
SOUND MIX
Jim Sullivan
VOICEOVER
Jeremiah Kissel
LEGAL
Ken Fishkin
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Jason Browning, Coronado Productions LLC
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ABC News VideoSource
Al Drago/The New York Times/Redux
Associated Press
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Jana Birchum, 2000
Jason Andrew/The New York Times/Redux
John Anderson/The Austin Chronicle
Jon Farina/Status Coup
Mark Peterson/Redux
Matthew Mahon/Redux
Mike Hanson
Reuters
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RUPTLY
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